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

Divine World Glyptics