Two human-faced winged wild goats (ibexes) flanking stylised plant
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by bands of zig-zag lines at the top and bottom. Two rampant human-faced winged wild goats (ibexes) flank a stylised plant. Behind them is an eight-rayed, globe-centred star. Below their bellies are undetermined motifs. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): bands of zig-zag lines at the top and bottom - human-faced winged wild goats (ibexes) (2): rampant - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred - stylised plant: with globe-tipped branches - undetermined motifs: below the hybrid creatures' bellies |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée du Louvre |
| Museum number | AOD 118 – CCO D. 63 |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | excavated by Mr and Mrs Dieulafoy at Susa between 1886 and 1886 or purchased by them from their workmen or from a Baghdad dealer; ex-Mr and Mrs Dieulafoy Collection |
| First occurence | 1886–1888 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 29, d: 12 |
| Material and features | "agate brune, rubanée" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | animal, ritual |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Delaporte 1920, 72 no. D. 63 and pl. 52: 4. Delaporte, L.: Musée du Louvre. Catalogue des cylindres. Cachets et pierres gravées de style oriental. I: Fouilles et missions. Paris, 1920. |