Hero fighting ostrich
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A half-kneeling, bearded hero grasps the neck of an ostrich with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other. He wears a triple-belted, fringed tunic and has a sword at his waist. Behind him is the winged sun-disc in the sky. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bird: ostrich, head turned backwards - hero: half-kneeling, bearded, wearing a triple-belted, fringed tunic, has a sword at his waist, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) - winged sun-disc: with appendages |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum |
| Museum number | VA Ass 6029 (formerly VA Ass 3558) |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | Assur |
| Archaeological context | burial; große dreifache Gruftanlage, Sarkophag Kammer III |
| Registration number | Ass 15651kw |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 17, d: 9 |
| Material and features | "Chalcedon" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Klengel-Brandt 2014, 11–12 and pls. 12 and 48. Klengel-Brandt, E.: Die neuassyrische Glyptik aus Assur. Mit Beiträgen von Sabine Böhme und Othmar Keel (Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 140 – Ausgrabungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft in Assur, F: Fundgruppen 7) Wiesbaden, 2014. |