Winged hero fighting bull
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A half-kneeling winged hero grasps the foreleg of a rampant bull with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other. He wears a triple-belted, fringed tunic and has a sword at his waist. Above the bull is a crescent moon, while behind it is an eight-rayed, globe-centred star above an ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree). |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - bull: rampant, head turned backwards - crescent moon - ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree) - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred - winged hero: half-kneeling, winged, bearded, wearing a triple-belted, fringed tunic, has a sword at his waist, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | private collection |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | private collection |
| First occurence | before 1988 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 30.3, d: 12.5 |
| Material and features | "goethite" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest |
| Translation | N/A |
| Bibliography |
Bergamini 1988, 85–86 no. 37 and fig. 36. Bergamini, G.: "Sigilli a stampo e a cilindro mesopotamici di collezione privata". Mesopotamia 23 (1988) 63–90. |