Naked human figure facing charging bull
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The lower third of the object has been broken off. The remaining scene is framed by a row of outward-pointing triangles within a line border at the top. A naked human figure stands facing a charging bull. Above the latter, perhaps Nabu’s stylus and Marduk’s spade (marru) are on a pedestal, while behind the two figures there is an undetermined motif. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines: a row of outward-pointing triangles within a line border at the top - bull: charging - human figure: naked - Nabu’s stylus and Marduk’s spade (marru) on a pedestal - undetermined motif |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée du Louvre |
| Museum number | SB 2612 – AS 109 – CCO S. 544 |
| Condition, shape | lower third missing; damaged surface |
| Culture | Isin II, Middle Assyrian |
| Provenance | excavated by Jacques Jean Marie de Morgan at Susa |
| First occurence | 1897–1912 |
| Archaeological context | Susa |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 32+, d: 16 |
| Material and features | "grès; figures teintées en noir" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | animal, cultic |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Delaporte 1920, 64 no. S. 544 and pl. 36: 3. Delaporte, L.: Musée du Louvre. Catalogue des cylindres. Cachets et pierres gravées de style oriental. I: Fouilles et missions. Paris, 1920. |