Hero fighting bull and another bull behind him
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero fights a rampant bull by a foreleg while another rampant bull is behind him. He wears a round headdress and a long, open robe. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bulls (2): rampant - hero: bearded, wearing a round headdress and a long, open robe |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | modern impression kept in the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington |
| Museum number | U.S.N.M. 300593 |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | original cylinder seal from Bagdad was owned by Prof. H. Hyvernat |
| First occurence | before 1926 (property of Prof. H. Hyvernat) |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | N/A |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" |
| Bibliography |
Casanowicz 1926, 10 and pl. 2: 5. Casanowicz, I.M., “The Collection of Ancient Oriental Seals in the United States National Museum”, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 69/4 (1926), 1–23. |