Winged bull galloping towards bush
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A winged bull gallops towards a bush-like plant with three flowers. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - plant: bush-like, with three flowers - winged bull: galloping |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | British Museum |
| Museum number | BM 103313 (1893,05138) |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges (the red streak runs from the top of the seal, across the bull’s head and down the front of its chest) |
| Culture | Middle Assyrian |
| Provenance | acquired by the museum from J .E. Géjou |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 30.4, d: 13.2 (P 3.9) |
| Material and features | quartz, chalcedony: streaked, pink and white with streak of red inclusions |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | animal, ritual |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Porada(†) – Collon 2016, 124 no. MA 3 and pl. 22: MA 3. Porada(†), E. – Collon, D., Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals IV: The Second Millennium BC (Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals 4), London, 2016. |