Hero carrying bull on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A half-kneeling, bearded hero grasps a bull on either side, each by a hind leg. He wears a belted tunic and has a sword with a scabbard at his waist. Behind the bulls are a crescent moon and an eight-rayed star above the tasselled spade of Marduk (marru). There is a single wedge on both sides of the spade. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - bulls (2): inverted - crescent moon - hero: half-kneeling, bearded, wearing a belted tunic, has a sword with a scabbard at his waist - spade of Marduk (marru): tasselled, on a stand - star: eight-rayed - wedges (2): cuneiforms |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A |
| Condition, shape | slightly damaged upper and lower edges, large fault partly distorts the hero's feet |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | surfaced at Drouot (Paris) 25 and 26–06–1962, lot. 169 |
| First occurence | 1962 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 28, d: 14 |
| Material and features | N/A |
| 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. |