Bull striding towards tree

Object no. S05587
Description of the seal image The scene is framed by line borders within inward-pointing, crosshatched triangles at the top and bottom. A bull strides towards a tree and the spade of Marduk (marru). Above the bull are a nine-rayed star and a crescent moon.
Figures, motifs/symbols - borderlines (2): line borders within inward-pointing, crosshatched triangles at the top and bottom
- bull: striding
- crescent moon
- plant: tree
- spade of Marduk (marru)
- star: nine-rayed
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Bibliothèque nationale de France / BnF
Museum number Delaporte.305
Culture Neo-Assyrian
Provenance N/A
First occurence 1858
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 33, d: 11
Material and features "serpentine verte"
Bibliography

Delaporte 1910, 172–173 no. 305 and pl. XXI.



Delaporte, L.: Catalogue des cylindres orientaux et des cachets assyro-babyloniens, perses et syro-cappadociens de la Bibliothèque Nationale. I–II. Paris, 1910.

Object history The publications mentioning the objects in this database were collected and the objects classified by ZN; data for the present object was input and preliminary description of the object done by ER based on the relevant publication provided, then the data was checked by ZN and the present object descriptions done by HL; description was finalized by ZN (20 July 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, ER – Erika Roboz
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