Winged hero grasping wild goat (ibex) on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded, four-winged hero grasps a rampant wild goat (ibex) on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a round headdress and a long, open robe over a short tunic. Behind the animals is a crescent moon above a stylised plant with globe-tipped branches and a rhomb. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - rhomb - stylised plant - wild goats (ibexes) (2): rampant, heads turned backwards - winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a round headdress and a long, open robe over a short tunic |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien |
| Museum number | KHM ÄgS Sem. 1132 (ex VKM 25395); |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| First occurence | 1981 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 33, d: 12.2 |
| Material and features | "Hornstein (?) ... 22 E 2 blaugrau und 5 D 3 graubraun" |
| Style | cut, drilled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Bleibtreu 1981, 79 no. 95. Bleibtreu, E.: Rollsiegel aus dem Vorderen Orient. Zur Steinschneidekunst zwischen etwa 3200 und 400 vor Christus nach Beständen in Wien und Graz. Wien, 1981. |