Winged hero grasping bull and carrying gazelle (antelope)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded winged hero a rampant bull by the horn with one hand and carries a gazelle (antelope) by the hind legs with the other. He wears a rectangular headdress and a long, fringed, open robe with a centre-dot circle in the middle. The eyes of the animals are shaped with centre-dot circles. An eight-rayed, globe-centred star appears above the animals. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bull: rampant, head turned backwards - centre-dot circles - gazelle (antelope): inverted - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred - winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a rectangular headdress and a long, fringed, open robe with an outlined globe in the middle |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore |
| Museum number | WAM 42.654 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Henry Walters Collection (Baltimore); inherited by Sadie Jones (Mrs Henry Walters) in 1931 (New York); purchased by Joseph Brummer (Paris and New York) in 1941; purchased by The Walters Art Museum in 1941 |
| First occurence | before 1931 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: N/A, d: 10 |
| Material and features | "chalcedony with gold spike" |
| Style | cut, drilled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
WAM: https://art.thewalters.org/detail/25130/cylinder-seal-with-frolicking-animals/ [accessed: 11-11-2023]. |