Ninurta pursuing Anzu
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| 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 | 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 occurence | 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. |