Rampant bull flanking stylised tree
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders within rows of outward-pointing triangles at the top and bottom. A rampant bull flanks a rosette-type stylised tree. Behind the bull's hind leg is an eight-rayed, globe-centred star, while above its tail is a rhomb. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders within rows of outward-pointing triangles at the top and bottom - bull: rampant - rhomb - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred - stylised tree: rosette-type, with its leaves arranged radially |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Archaologisches Museum der Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Münster |
| Museum number | 2279 |
| Culture | Isin II |
| Provenance | donated by private person |
| First occurence | before 2016 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 39.84, d: 12.14 |
| Material and features | Kalkstein/Sandstein (?) |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | animal, ritual |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Neumann 2016, 911–912 no. 3 and pl. 108: 3 a–b. Neumann, G.: "Rollsiegel im Archäologischen Museum der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster". In: Schwarzer, H. – Nieswandt, H.-H. et al. (eds.) »Man kann es sich nicht prächtig genug vorstellen!« Festschrift für Dieter Salzmann zum 65. Geburtstag. Band II, Marsberg/Padberg, 2016, 911–917. |