Hero grasping bull on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a rampant bull on either side, each by a foreleg. he wears a fringed kilt. Behind the bulls is a crescent moon in the sky. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bulls (2): rampant, heads turned backwards - crescent moon - hero: bearded, wearing a fringed kilt |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Vorderasiatische Altertumskunde from 1967, formerly kept in the collection of Erwin Oppenländer |
| Museum number | FUB 113 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | surfaced at auction in London in 1962, ex-Oppenländer Collection |
| First occurence | 1962 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 29, d: 14 |
| Material and features | "Saphirin" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Moortgat-Correns 1968, 278 no. 123 and pl. 48. Moortgat-Correns, U.: “Die ehemalige Rollsiegel-Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer”, Baghdader Mitteilungen 4 (1968) 233–289. |