Hero fighting bull while armed attendant (spearman) stands behind
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a bull by its hind leg with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other while stepping on the bull's neck. He wears a horned tiara and a long, belted, open robe over a short tunic. Behind him stands his attendant. He wears a round headdress (possibly bashlyk) and Median garment, and holds a spear. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- attendant: spearman, wearing a round headdress (possibly bashlyk) and Median garment - bull: inverted - hero: bearded, wearing a horned tiara and a long, belted, open robe over a short tunic, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée du Louvre |
| Museum number | Sb 1475 |
| Culture | Achaemenid, Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | Susa |
| First occurence | 1972 |
| Archaeological context | Villes des Artisans |
| Registration number | Sb 1475 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 30, d: 14 |
| Material and features | "schiste gris", "grey 'jasper'" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Rutten 1950, 177 no. 61 and pl. 6: 61. Rutten, M.: “Glyptique susienne. Empreintes et cylindres”, Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 44 (1950) 161–178. Amiet 1972, 281 no. 2181 and pl. 187. Amiet, P.: Glyptique susienne des origines à l’époque des perses achéménides. Cachets, sceaux-cylindres et empreintes antiques découverts à Suse de 1913 à 1967. I: Texte – II: Planches (Mémoires de la Délégation Archéologique en Iran 43: Mission de Susiane) Paris, 1972. Collon 2005, 88–89 no. 414. Collon, D.: First Impressions: Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East. [First published in 1987] London, 2005. |