Dual scene: Winged hero fighting griffin while two mouflons facing each other
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A four-winged hero grasps a half-kneeling griffin while two half-kneeling mouflons facing each other. Between the latter is an ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree). A crescent moon appears above the griffin, and there is a double wedge above the left-facing mouflon. An eight-rayed, globe-centred star and the Sibitti (Pleiades) are behind the winged hero and the griffin. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree) - griffin: half-kneeling, winged, crested - mouflons (2): half-kneeling - Sibitti (Pleiades) - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred - wedge: double, cuneiform - winged hero: four-winged, wearing a conical headdress and a long, broad-belted, open robe |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A |
| Condition, shape | slightly damaged upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | surfaced at Drouot (Paris) 25 and 26–06–1962, lot. 163 |
| First occurence | 1962 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 38, d: 13 |
| Material and features | "diorite" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | animal, contest, dual |
| Bibliography |
Drouot (Paris) 25 and 26–06–1962, lot. 169. Drouot (Paris) 25 and 26–06–1962: Importante collection de cylindres et cachets Mesopotamie et proche-Orient statuettes archaïques, bijoux en or. |