Hero fighting human-faced winged wild goat (ibex) beside stylised tree (rosette tree)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A naked hero grasps the horn of a rampant human-faced winged wild goat (ibex) with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other. Beyond the rampant beast is a stylised tree (rosette tree) with interlinked leaves arranged radially. On either side of the tree's foliage is a crescent moon and an eight-rayed star, respectively. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - hero: bearded, naked, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) - human-faced winged wild goat (ibex): rampant, head turned backwards - star: eight-rayed - stylised tree (rosette tree): with interlinked leaves arranged radially and offshoots at its base |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | found at an excavation in Warka (Uruk) |
| First occurence | before 1984 (excavation) |
| Archaeological context | burial: Doppeltopfgrab 160, near the neck area of a skeleton |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 20, d: 9 |
| Material and features | "grünlicher, jadeähnlicher Stein“, "Chrysopras” |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Boehmer 1984, 193–195 and pl. 19: a. Boehmer, R.M.: “Uruk: Funde im Zusammenhang mit Tierknochen”, Baghdader Mitteilungen 15 (1984), 191–196.
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