Hero fighting wild goat (ibex)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A half-kneeling hero grasps the foreleg of a rampant wild goat (ibex) with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other. Behind the two figures is a tall tree. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- hero: half-kneeling, waring a tunic, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) - plant: tall tree - wild goat (ibex): rampant, head turned backwards |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A |
| Condition, shape | worn |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | Kalhu (Nimrud) |
| First occurence | 1962 |
| Archaeological context | A.B. building (unstratified) |
| Registration number | ND.6027 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 20, d: N/A |
| Material and features | "dark grey stone" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest |
| Translation | N/A |
| Bibliography |
Parker 1962, 33 no. ND.6027 and pl. 16: 2. Parker, B.: “Seals and Seal Impressions from the Nimrud Excavations, 1955–58”, Iraq 24 (1962), 26–40. |