Four-winged goddess (wind demon[?]) carrying lion on either side


Four-winged goddess (wind demon[?]) carrying lion on either side
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image A four-winged goddess carries a lion on either side, each by a hind leg. The figure wears a horned headdress and a long, double-belted, tiered and fringed robe.
Figures, motifs/symbols - deity: goddess (wind demon[?]): four-winged, wearing a horned headdress and a long, double-belted, tiered and fringed robe
- lions (2): inverted, snarling
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Hessische Privatsammlung
Museum number 78 a
Condition, shape slightly chipped upper and lower edges, scattered small faults on the entire field
Culture Assyro-Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian
Provenance surfaced at Sotheby's (London) 23–03–1988, lot 117
First occurence 1988
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 21, d: 12
Material and features "Chalcedon"
Style modelled
Scene contest
Bibliography

Sotheby's (London) 23–03–1988, lot 117.



Sotheby's (London) 23–03–1988: Antiquities.



Rehm 2003, 560 no. 56.



Rehm, E.: “Rollsiegel aus einer hessischen Privatsammlung”, Ugarit-Forschungen 35 (2003), 521–565.