Two rampant, crossed bulls winged sun-disc - Two scorpion-tailed bird-men facing each other [dual scene]


Two rampant, crossed bulls winged sun-disc - Two scorpion-tailed bird-men facing each other [dual scene]
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image The seal image comprises two scenes. The first one depicts two rampant, crossed bulls under the winged sun-disc. The second one shows two bearded scorpion-tailed bird-men facing each other. Both pairs are set on separate ground lines.
Figures, motifs/symbols - bulls (2): rampant, crossed
- ground lines (2)
- scorpion-tailed bird-men (2): bearded, wearing conical headdresses
Subcategory bead cylinder seal
Collection present whereabouts unknown
Condition, shape slightly chipped upper and lower edges
Culture Achaemenid, Neo-Babylonian
Provenance excavated by Victor Place at Khorsabad (under the pavement of the city gates of the enclosure), 1852-1854
Archaeological context under the pavement of the city gates of the enclosure
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter N/A (barrel-shaped)
Material and features N/A
Style modelled
Scene animal
Transliteration

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Bibliography

Place 1867–1870, vol. 3: pl. 76: f and 35 f..



Place, V.: Ninive et l’Assyrie, avec des essais de restauration par Félix Thomas. Vols. I–III. Paris, 1867–1870.