Hero grasping bull on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by a line border at the top. A bearded hero grasps a rampant bull on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a round headdress and a long, belted, open robe over a short tunic. Below the animal on the left is a star, while a 'ball-and-staff' is on the right and a crescent moon above. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- 'ball-and-staff' - borderline: line border at the top - bulls (2): rampant, heads turned backwards - crescent moon - hero: bearded, wearing a round headdress and a long, belted, open robe over a short tunic - star: globe-centred |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Iraq Museum |
| Museum number | U. 6189 |
| Condition, shape | worn |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | found in Ur |
| First occurence | before 1951 (excavation) |
| Archaeological context | EH. below surface |
| Registration number | U. 6189 |
| Material and features | "pink marble" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Legrain 1951, 43 no. 605 and pl. 36. Legrain, L.: Ur Excavations, X: Seal Cylinders (Ur Excavations 10) London – Philadelphia, 1951. |