Hero grasping winged bull on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a rampant winged bull on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a long, double-belted, tiered open robe over a short tunic. On either side of his legs are a fish and a rhomb, respectively. Behind the rampant beasts are divine symbols, including the spade of Marduk (marru), a tasselled crescent moon standard on a stand, and the stylus of Nabu. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon standard: tasselled, on a stand - fish - hero: bearded, wearing a long, double-belted, tiered open robe over a short tunic - rhomb - spade of Marduk (marru) - stylus of Nabu - winged bulls (2): rampant, heads turned backwards |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | private collection, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| First occurence | 1991 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 38, d: 18 |
| Material and features | "white chalcedony" (in Japanese) |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Ishida, ed., 1991, 8 no. I-11-6. Ishida, K., ed.: Inshō no sekai. Kodai oriento bijutsu to rekishi no kataribe [The World of Seals. Narrators/Storytellers of the Visual Arts and History of the Ancient Near East]. Tokyo, 1991 [in Japanese]. |