Winged hero fighting wild goat (ibex)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded winged hero grasps a rampant wild goat (ibex). Behind the animal is a stylised tree with globe-tipped branches, while beyond that are a crescent moon, a rhomb, and a fish above one another. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - fish - rhomb - stylised tree: with globe-tipped branches - wild goat (ibex): rampant, head turned backwards - winged hero: bearded, winged, wearing a long, open robe over a short tunic |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore |
| Museum number | WAM 42.829 – WAM C37 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | ex-Henry Walters Collection (Baltimore); inherited by Sadie Jones (Mrs Henry Walters) in 1931 (New York); purchased by Joseph Brummer (Paris and New York) in 1941; purchased by The Walters Art Museum in 1941 |
| First occurence | before 1931 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 20, d: 9 |
| Material and features | "brown, translucent stone" |
| Style | cut, drilled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Gordon 1939, 29 no. 94 and pl. XI. Gordon, C. H.: "Western Asiatic Seals in the Walters Art Gallery". Iraq 6/1 (1939) 3–34. WAM: https://art.thewalters.org/detail/31954/cylinder-seal-with-a-contest-scene27/ [accessed: 12-11-2023]. |