South Wind grasping winged horse and human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) while standing on two gazelles (antelopes)


South Wind grasping winged horse and human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) while standing on two gazelles (antelopes)
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. The South Wind grasps a rampant winged horse with one hand and a rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) with the other while standing on two reclining gazelles (antelopes). The wind demon wears a horned headdress.
Figures, motifs/symbols - borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom
- gazelles (antelopes) (2): reclining
- human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx): rampant, beardless, wearing a brimmed headdress
- South Wind: wind demon, four-winged, wearing a horned headdress
- winged horse: rampant
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection N/A, formerly kept in the Erlenmeyer Collection
Condition, shape slightly chipped upper and lower edges
Culture Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian
First occurence before 1958 (private collection)
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 19, d: 8
Material and features N/A
Style cut, drilled
Scene contest
Bibliography

Erlenmeyer – Erlenmeyer 1958, 58 and pl. 28: 8.



Erlenmeyer, M.-L. – Erlenmeyer, H.: “Über Griechische und altorientalische Tierkampfgruppen”, Antike Kunst 1 (1958), 53–68.