Two rampant bulls and two birds flanking bush

Kategória	Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image	The upper end of the object has been broken off. The remaining scene is framed by a line border at the bottom. Two rampant bulls flank a bush with tree branches. On either side of the bush is a bird of prey standing on the ground, while above the bush is another bird of prey, likely a vulture. Behind the bulls is a stylised tree. Above the bull on the right is a Kassite cross.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- birds (3): one flying and two standing on the ground, with their heads turned backwards - borderline: line border at the bottom - bulls (2): rampant - Kassite cross - plant: bush with three branches and zig-zag stems - stylised tree: with tendrils and fruits, perhaps grapes
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	British Museum
Museum number	BM 129547 (1945,1013.91)
Condition, shape	chipped upper and lower edges; upper end missing
Culture	Middle Assyrian
Provenance	ex-Southesk collection; acquired from William Talbot Ready, 1899; said to be from Babylon
First occurence	1899
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter	h: 31.4, d: 15 (P 4.3)
Material and features	quartz, jasper: streaked and speckled, dark red and red
Style	modelled
Scene	animal, ritual
Transliteration	N/A
Bibliography	Carnegie 1908, 93–94 no. Qc10 and pl. 8. Carnegie, H., Catalogue of the Collection of Antique Gems. Formed by James Ninth Earl of Southesk K.T. Edited by his DaughterLady Helena Carnegie in Two Volumes. Vol. I: Egyptian Assyrian Syrian Phoenician Greek Etruscan Roman – Vol. II: Sassanian Oriental Mesopotamian Babylonian Assyrian Persian Hittite Cyprian Cilician Mediæval Modern, London, 1908. Porada(†) – Collon 2016, 130–131 no. MA 25 and pl. 24: MA 25 and pl. 57: MA 25. 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.