Hero grasping wild goat (ibex) on either side


Hero grasping wild goat (ibex) on either side
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image A bearded hero grasps a rampant wild goat (ibex) on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a broad-belted kilt decorated with a dot-in-square pattern. Behind the animals is an eight-rayed star above a symbol similar to a 'ball-and-staff'.
Figures, motifs/symbols - 'ball-and-staff': uncertain
- hero: bearded, wearing a broad-belted kilt decorated with a dot-in-square pattern
- star: eight-rayed
- wild goats (ibexes) (2): rampant, heads turned backwards
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Museum of Fine Arts Boston / MFA
Museum number MFA 65.1430
Condition, shape slightly chipped upper and lower edges
Culture Neo-Babylonian
Provenance ex-Moussa Collection; purchased by the MFA from R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian (Little Falls, NJ) on 10 November 1965
First occurence before 1965
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 27, d: 12.5
Material and features "white chalcedony"
Style modelled
Scene contest
Bibliography

MFA: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/163816/ [accessed: 13-11-2023].