Hero grasping bull on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a rampant bull on either side, one by a foreleg and one by the ear. He wears a horned, round headdress and a long, belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic. In front of his legs is a rhomb, while on either side of his head are the Sibitti (Pleiades) and a 'ball-and-staff' motif. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- 'ball-and-staff' - bulls (2): rampant, heads turned backwards - hero: bearded, wearing a horned, round headdress and a long, belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic - rhomb - Sibitti (Pleiades) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Rijksmuseum van Oudheden; formerly kept in the Cabinet Royal des Médailles à la Haye |
| Museum number | M.132 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges, large chip partly distorts the bull behind the hero |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | formerly kept in the collection of professor Reuvens |
| First occurence | 1842 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 25, d: 12.5 |
| Material and features | "agate", "serpentine, gris foncé" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Cullimore 1842, pl. 20: 104. Cullimore, A.: Oriental Cylinders. No. I. London 1842. Menant 1878, 53–54 no. 132–138. Menant, J.: Catalogue des cylindres orientaux du Cabinet Royal des Médailles de La Haye. La Haye, 1878. Zadoks-Josephus 1952, 33 no. 125. Zadoks-Josephus J.A.N.: Catalogue sommaire des cylindres orientaux au Cabinet royal des médailles à La Haye. (En collaboration avec R. Frankena) La Haye, 1952. |