Two wild goats (ibexes) flanking stylised tree


Two wild goats (ibexes) flanking stylised tree
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image Two rampant wild goats (ibexes) flank a stylised palmette-like tree. Next to them is a six-rayed, globe-centred star above a crescent moon and the spade of Marduk (marru) on a stand.
Figures, motifs/symbols - crescent moon
- spade of Marduk (marru): on a stand
- star: six-rayed, globe-centred
- stylised tree: palmette-like, with bud-tipped branches or leaves and offshoots
- wild goats (ibexes) (2): rampant, heads turned backwards
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection present whereabouts unknown
Culture Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian
Provenance cylinder seal reproduced from an impression received from London
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter N/A
Material and features N/A
Style modelled
Scene animal, ritual
Transliteration

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Bibliography

Lajard 1847, 25 Planche LIV: no. 3 and pl. 54 B: 3.



Lajard, F.: Introduction à l’étude du culte public et des mystères de Mithra en orient et en occident. Paris, 1847.