Winged hero grasping mouflon on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by intermittent lines at the top and bottom. A bearded, four-winged hero grasps a rampant mouflon on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a round headdress and a long, open robe over a short tunic. Directly in front of his legs is a rhomb, while behind the rampant animals is a stylised tree with globe-tipped branches. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): intermittent lines at the top and bottom - mouflons (2): rampant, heads turned backwards - rhomb - stylised tree: with globe-tipped branches - winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a round headdress and a long, open robe over a short tunic |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Iziko Museums |
| Museum number | 1528d |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | Ex-Levis Collection, formerly kept in the De Pass Collection. |
| First occurence | before 1934 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 22, d: 12 |
| Material and features | "agate" |
| Style | cut, drilled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
van Dijk-Coombes 2016, 7–8, 15 no. 1528d and fig. 4. van Dijk-Coombes, R.M.: “Cylinder Seals in the Collections of Iziko Museums of South Africa in Cape Town and the Department of Ancient Studies of Stellenbosch University”, Akroterion 61 (2016), 1–23. |