Two rampant bulls pursuing each other


Two rampant bulls pursuing each other
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image Two rampant bulls pursue each other. Between them is a stylised plant on one side and a T-shaped object on the other.
Figures, motifs/symbols - bulls (2): rampant, heads turned backwards
- stylised plant: cactus-like
- undetermined motif: T-shaped object
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Iraq Museum
Museum number U 5256
Condition, shape slightly chipped upper and lower edges
Culture Neo-Babylonian
Provenance excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley at Ur
Archaeological context Ur
Registration number U. 5256
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 19, d: 9
Material and features "black stone"
Style cut, drilled
Scene animal, pursuing
Transliteration

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Bibliography

Legrain 1951, 42 no. 584 and pl. 35.



Legrain, L.: Ur Excavations, X: Seal Cylinders (Ur Excavations 10) London – Philadelphia, 1951.