Hero taming winged bull or horse
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero wearing a broad-belted kilt grasps the head of a half-kneeling winged bull or horse. Above the hybrid creature is a winged sun-disc and a crescent moon. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - hero: wearing a broad-belted kilt - winged bull or horse: half-kneeling - winged sun-disc |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The British Museum |
| Museum number | BM ANE 122130 – 1930-10-13, 3 |
| Condition, shape | "the upper edge of the seal has been cut down or broken off and repolished" (Merrillees 2005, 47 no. 1) |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | acquired from J. Ebrahimoff |
| First occurence | before 1930 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 14, d: 7.5 |
| Material and features | "siltstone, black" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Merrillees 2005, 47 no. 1 and pl. II. Merrillees, P. H.: Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals VI: Pre-Achaemenid and Achaemenid Periods. (Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals 6) London, 2005. |