Royal hero grasping wild goat (ibex) on either side next to Ahura Mazda emerging from winged sun-disc
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The royal hero grasps a rampant wild goat (ibex) on either side, each by the throat. He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe). Behind the wild goats is a vertically-set Ahura Mazda emerging from the winged sun-disc . |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- deity: Ahura Mazda, emerging from the winged sun-disc - royal hero: bearded, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe) - wild goats (ibexes) (2): rampant, heads turned backwards |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée du Louvre |
| Museum number | Sb 1476 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | found in Susa |
| First occurence | 1950 |
| Registration number | Sb 1476 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 22, d: 10 |
| Material and features | "jaspe brun" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Rutten 1950, 178 no. 63 and pl. 6: 63. Rutten, M.: “Glyptique susienne. Empreintes et cylindres”, Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 44 (1950) 161–178. Amiet 1972, 285 no. 2210 and pl. 189. 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. |