Hero fighting winged bull
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A hero wearing a broad-belted tunic with a fringed lower edge grasps the horn of a semi-rampant winged bull with his left hand and holds up a sword with his right. His scabbard is at his waist. Between the two figures are two wedges above a small, palmette-like stylised tree. Above the hybrid creature, are a bird, a crescent moon, and an eight-rayed star. There is another wedge behind the bullÍs tail. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bird - borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - hero: wearing a broad-belted tunic with a fringed lower edge, holds up a sword, has another sword at his waist or a sheath with a scabbard - star: eight-rayed - stylised tree: small, palmette-like - wedges (3): cuneiform - winged bull: semi-rampant |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | presents whereabouts unknown |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | slightly damaged upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| First occurence | towards the end of the 19th century |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 32, d: 10 |
| Material and features | serpentine |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest |
| Translation | N/A |
| Bibliography |
Teissier 1984, 152-153 no. 158. Teissier, B.: Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley – Los Angeles – London, 1984. Christie's (New York) 14–06–1993: 181 lot 258 3rd item. Christie's (New York) 14–06–1993: Antiquities. |