Hero fighting bird of prey while stepping on bull


Hero fighting bird of prey while stepping on bull
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image A bearded hero is in combat with a bird of prey. He wears a brimmed headdress and a long, broad-belted, fringed robe and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) while stepping onto a small reclining bull. Above his left arm is a six-rayed star, while above the bird is the winged sin-disc.
Figures, motifs/symbols - bird: giant, bird of prey
- bull: reclining, small
- hero: bearded, wearing a brimmed headdress and a long, broad-belted, fringed robe, holding a sickle sword (scimitar), stepping onto a bull
- star: six-rayed
- winged sun-disc
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Museum of Fine Arts Boston / MFA
Museum number MFA 65.1379
Condition, shape slightly chipped upper and lower edges; large chip partly distorts the bull
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: 24, d: 11
Material and features "chalcedony"
Style cut
Scene contest
Bibliography

MFA: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/163833/ [accessed: 12-11-2023].