Bird-man fighting griffin
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded bird-man wearing a rectangular headdress fights a rampant griffin. Between the griffin's legs are two fish, while on either side of its wings is a six-rayed star and a crescent moon, respectivelty |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bird-man: bearded, wearing a rectangular headdress - borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - fish (2) - griffin: rampant, winged - star: six-rayed |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
| Museum number | AN1949.903 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Burn Collection; acquired by the Ashmolean Museum with the assistance of The Art Fund in 1949 |
| First occurence | before 1949 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 31; d: 17 (18) (barrel-shaped) |
| Material and features | "banded agate, white, brown and translucent grey" |
| Style | cut |
| Scene | contest |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Translation | N/A |
| Bibliography |
Buchanan 1966, 116 no. 645 and pl. 42. Buchanan, B.: Catalogue of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in the Ashmolean Museum. I: Cylinder Seals. Oxford, 1966. |