Wild goat (ibex) and ostrich pursuing each other
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A rampant wild goat (ibex) and an ostrich-like bird pursue each other. Above the caprid is a fish, while below its forelegs is a rhomb. A six-rayed, globe-centred star and a crescent moon appear above the ostrich. Below the latter's beak is the tasseled spade of Marduk (marru). |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bird: ostrich, running - crescent moon - fish - rhomb - spade of Mardu (marru): tasselled - star: six-rayed, globe-centred - wild goat (ibex): rampant |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art / The MET / MMA |
| Museum number | MMA 57.27.8 |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | excavated by Sir Max Mallowan at Kalḫu (Nimrud) in 1956; acquired by the MMA (Rogers Fund) in 1957 |
| First occurence | 1956 |
| Archaeological context | Kalḫu (Nimrud), Nabu Temple, south-east corner, cache |
| Registration number | ND 5254 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 35, d: N/A (Parker 1962); h: 35.1 (MMA) (with bronze caps) |
| Material and features | "black steatite, copper/bronze caps" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | animal, pursuing |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Parker 1962, 30 no. ND.5254 and pl. X: 4. Parker, B.: "Seals and Seal Impressions from the Nimrud Excavations, 1955–58". Iraq 24/1 (1962) 26–40. MMA: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/324602 [accessed: 25-11-2023]. |