Ninurta pursuing Anzu

Object no. S02153
Description of the seal image Ninurta (archer) wearing a long robe decorated with a crosshatch pattern between the legs aims his bow at the rampant Anzu (lion-griffin), depicted without forelegs but three wings. Between the two figures is a six-rayed, globe-centred star. In front of the hybrid creature, there is a fish above a rhomb, while behind Ninurta is a 'ball-and-staff' symbol.
Figures, motifs/symbols - Anzu: lion-griffin, rampant, head turned backwards, depicted without forelegs but three wings
- 'ball-and-staff'
- fish
- Ninurta: archer, hunter, wearing a long robe decorated with a crosshatch pattern between the legs
- rhomb
- star: six-rayed, globe-centred
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Musée du Louvre
Museum Number AOD 59 – CCO D. 67
Culture / Production Place Neo-Babylonian
Provenance excavated by Mr and Mrs Dieulafoy at Susa between 1886 and 1886 or purchased by them from their workmen or from a Baghdad dealer; ex-Mr and Mrs Dieulafoy Collection
First Occurrence 1886–1888
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm), height, diameter h: 21, d: 10
Material and features "calcédoine blanche"
Style cut
Scene pursuing
Bibliography

Delaporte 1920, 73 no. D. 67 and pl. 52: 9.



Delaporte, L.: Musée du Louvre. Catalogue des cylindres. Cachets et pierres gravées de style oriental. I: Fouilles et missions. Paris, 1920.

Object history
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