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 |