Hero carrying bull on either side beside worshipper
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | Cylinder image: A bearded hero grasps a bull on either side, each by a hind leg. He wears a long, plain robe. Above his left arm is a crescent moon. Behind the bulls is a bearded worshipper standing below a winged sun-disc. He wears a long robe. On either side of his head are the Sibitti (Pleiades) and an eight-rayed, globe-centred star. Stamp image: star. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bulls (2): inverted - crescent moon - hero: bearded, wearing a long, plain robe - Sibitti (Pleiades) - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred - star (stamp image) - winged sun-disc: without a central disc - worshipper: bearded, wearing a long, plain robe |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal stamp cylinder |
| Collection | N/A |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | surfaced at Sotheby's (London) 10 and 11–12–1992, lot 83 |
| First occurence | 1992 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 36, d: 11 |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" |
| Style | cut, drilled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Sotheby's (London) 10 and 11–12–1992, 30 and 38 lot 83. Sotheby's (London), 10 and 11–12–1992: Antiquities. |