| 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]. |