Hero fighting wild goat (ibex)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a rampant wild goat (ibex) by the head with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other. He wears a belted tunic. Behind the animal are an eight-rayed star and a crescent moon in the sky above the spade of Marduk (marru). |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - hero: bearded, wearing a belted tunic, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) - spade of Marduk (marru) - star: eight-rayed - wild goat (ibex): rampant |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | Kalhu (Nimrud) |
| First occurence | 1962 |
| Archaeological context | town DD (large houses along the southern city wall), on the floor of a room containing storage jars |
| Registration number | ND.5329 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 17, d: N/A |
| Material and features | "grey steatite" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Parker 1962, 29 no. ND.5329 and pl. 11: 1. Parker, B.: “Seals and Seal Impressions from the Nimrud Excavations, 1955–58”, Iraq 24 (1962), 26–40. |