Hero grasping human-faced winged wild goat (ibex) on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a rampant human-faced winged wild goat (ibex) on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a long, triple-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic. The upper part of his garment is decorated with a net or crosshatch pattern. Directly in front of his legs is a rhomb, while a crescent moon appears behind the hybrid creatures above a vertically set alphabetic inscription. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon: with a double arc - hero: bearded, wearing a long, triple-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic, the upper part of his garment is decorated with a net or crosshatch pattern - human-faced winged wild goats (ibexes) (2): rampant, bearded, long tails - inscription: vertically set, alphabetic - rhomb |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Shlomo Moussaieff Collection |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Shlomo Moussaieff Collection, purchased by him in London |
| First occurence | before 2000 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 41.5, d: 16.5 |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Writing system, language | alphabetic: Aramaic |
| Transliteration |
1. lʾbyh. |
| Translation | 1. Property of ʾAbiyah. |
| Bibliography |
Deutsch – Lemaire 2000, 113 no. 106. Deutsch, R. – Lemaire, A.: Biblical Period Personal Seals in the Shlomo Moussaieff Collection. Tel Aviv, 2000. |