Lion-griffin pursuing wild goat (ibex) (above) and griffin attacking gazelle (antelope) (below)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The seal image comprises two scenes separated by a horizontal ruling in the middle. In the upper register, a rampant lion-griffin pursues a wild goat (ibex). Above the former is an eight-rayed star. In the lower register, a griffin attacks a rampant gazelle (antelope) from behind. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderline: horizontal ruling between the two scenes - gazelle (antelope): rampant, head turned backwards - griffin: rampant, winged - lion-griffin: rampant - star: eight-rayed - wild goat (ibex): rampant |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée du Louvre |
| Museum number | MNB 1353 – CCO T. 241 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | excavated by Ernest de Sarzec at Girsu (Tello) |
| First occurence | 1878–1901 |
| Archaeological context | Girsu (Tello) |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 27, d: 5 |
| Material and features | "agate rubanée" |
| Style | cut, drilled |
| Scene | animal, pursuing |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Delaporte 1920, 26 no. T. 241 and pl. 6: 28. Delaporte, L.: Musée du Louvre. Catalogue des cylindres. Cachets et pierres gravées de style oriental. I: Fouilles et missions. Paris, 1920. Niederreiter 2020, 70–71 fig. 2. Niederreiter Z.: Catalogue of the Cylinder Seals in the Royal Museums of Art and History. I: Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Periods (Circa 1000–500 B.C.). (Antique et Orientalia 7 – Assyriologia 10) Budapest, 2020. |