Zebu bull striding towards reclining wold goat (ibex)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A humped bull (zebu) strides towards a reclining wild goat (ibex). Between the two are the Sibitti (Pleiades) above a rhomb and a fish. A six-rayed, globe-centred star is above the back of the zebu. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - bull: likely a zebu, humped, striding - fish: uncertain - rhomb - Sibitti (Pleiades) - star: six-rayed, globe-centred - wild goat (ibex): reclining |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A, formerly kept in the collection of Hans Silvius von Aulock |
| Culture | Achaemenid, other |
| Provenance | ex-Aulock Collection, acquired in Aleppo between 1945–1951, then surfaced at Christie's (New York) 13–06–2000, |
| First occurence | before 1957 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 13, d: 6 |
| Material and features | Hämatit |
| Style | cut, drilled |
| Scene | animal |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
von der Osten 1957, 121 no. 331. von der Osten, H.H.: Altorientalische Siegelsteine der Sammlung Hans Silvius von Aulock. (Studia Ethnographica Upsaliensia 13) Uppsala, 1957. Christie's (New York) 13–06–2000, . Christie's (New York) 13–06–2000, Antiquities (sale PAZUZU-9380). |