Wild goat (ibex) approaching divine symbols
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A wild goat (ibex) strides towards the stylus of Nabu and the spade of Marduk (marru) placed on a cult dais. On either side of the divine symbols is a globe. A crescent moon and a six-rayed star appears above the caprid. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - cult dais: with niches on its side - globes (2) - spade of Marduk (marru): on a cult dais - star: six-rayed - stylus of Nabu: on a cult dais - wild goat (ibex): striding |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée du Louvre |
| Museum number | Sb 1263 |
| Condition, shape | slightly damaged upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Iranian, Neo-Elamite, other |
| Provenance | excavated at Susa |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 23, d: 12.5 |
| Material and features | calcaire blanc |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | animal, cultic |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Rutten 1950, 177 no 59 and pl. 6: 59. Rutten, M.: “Glyptique susienne. Empreintes et cylindres”, Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 44 (1950) 161–178. Amiet 1972, 280 no. 2165 and pl. 187. Amiet, P.: Glyptique susienne des origines à l’époque des perses achéménides. Cachets, sceaux-cylindres et empreintes antiques découverts à Suse de 1913 à 1967. I: Texte – II: Planches (Mémoires de la Délégation Archéologique en Iran 43: Mission de Susiane) Paris, 1972. |