Winged hero grasping winged bull on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded winged hero grasps a rampant winged bull on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a long, triple-belted, tiered and fringed robe over a short tunic. The upper part of his garment is decorated with a net or crosshatch pattern. Behind the hybrid creatures is a bird of prey, likely an eagle or vulture. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bird: bird of prey, eagle or vulture - winged bulls (2): rampant - winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a long, triple-belted, tiered and fringed robe over a short tunic, the upper part of his garment is decorated with a net or crosshatch pattern |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore |
| Museum number | WAM 42.679 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper edge; lower quart has been broken off; chip partly distorts the head of the winged bull facing left; scattered small faults on the entire field |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian |
| 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: N/A, d: 18 |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
WAM: https://art.thewalters.org/detail/28939/cylinder-seal-with-winged-god-wrestling-winged-horses/ [accessed: 11-11-2023]. |