Winged hero grasping bull and ostrich


Winged hero grasping bull and ostrich
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image A bearded, four-winged hero grasps a rampant bull with one hand and an ostrich with the other. He wears a headband and a long, triple-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic. Behind his legs is a rhomb, while a six-rayed star appears above the bird.
Figures, motifs/symbols - bird: ostrich
- bull: rampant, heads turned backwards
- rhomb
- star: six-rayed
- winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a headband and a long, triple-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Boche Collection
Condition, shape slightly chipped upper and lower edges
Culture Neo-Babylonian
First occurence before 1920
Material and features N/A
Style cut, modelled
Scene contest
Bibliography

Weber 1920, 70 no. 353.



Weber, O.: Altorientalische Siegelbilder. (Text – Abbildungen) (Der Alte Orient 17–18) Leipzig, 1920.