Winged bull prancing in front of tree
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A prancing winged bull approaches a tree with a zig-zag stem and fruits. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- tree: with a zig-zag stem and fruits - winged bull: prancing |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | British Museum |
| Museum number | BM 89557 (1893,05138) |
| Culture | Middle Assyrian |
| Provenance | presented by A.W. Franks |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 31.3, d: 12.7 (P 12.2) |
| Material and features | quartz, sard: brown, pale brown inclusions |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | animal, ritual |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Matthews 1990, 104. Matthews, D.M., Principles of Composition in Near Eastern Glyptic of the Later Second Millennium B.C. (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis. Series Archaeologica, 8), Freiburg – Göttingen, 1990. Collon 2005, 66–67 no. 281. Collon, D.: First Impressions: Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East [First published in 1987] London, 2005. Porada(†) – Collon 2016, 124 no. MA 4 and pl. 22: MA 4. 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. |