Winged hero grasping winged bull on either side


Winged hero grasping winged bull on either side
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image A bearded winged hero grasps a winged bull on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a long, broad-belted, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic.
Figures, motifs/symbols - winged bulls (2): rampant, heads turned backwards
- winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a long, broad-belted, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Museum of Fine Arts Boston / MFA
Museum number MFA 65.1368
Condition, shape slightly chipped upper and lower edges
Culture Assyro-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: 26.5, d: 10.8
Material and features "milky chalcedony"
Style modelled
Scene contest
Bibliography

MFA: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/163822/ [accessed: 12-11-2023].