Winged hero grasping winged bull on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded, four-winged hero grasps a rampant winged bull on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a headband and a long, open robe. On either side of his legs is a small, sitting monkey(?) and a 'ball-and-staff' motif, whil behind the winged bulls is a fish. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- 'ball-and-staff' - fish - monkey(?): small, sitting - rhomb or fish - winged bulls (2): rampant, heads turned backwards - winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a long, open robe |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Leiden Institute for Area Studies and Netherlands Institute for the Near East; formerly kept in Böhl Collection |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | Nearly half of the lower edge has been broken off, resulting in partial distortion of the winged bulls below |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Böhl Collection, purchased in Bagdad and Mosul by F.M.Th. Böhl in 1932, along with 43 other seals, formerly kept in the collection of Consul Poche |
| First occurence | before 1927 (collection of Consul Poche) |
| Material and features | N/A |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Böhl 1934, 51–-53 and pl. IV: 7c. Böhl, F.M.Th., “Afdrukken van rolvormige zegels in der assyriologische werkkamer”, Jaarbericht Ex Oriente Lux 1/1 (1938), 51–53. |