Griffin attacking winged bull
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A rampant griffin attacks a reclining winged bull. Above the latter is a six-rayed, globe-centred star. A rhomb appears below the griffin's belly. Beyond the winged bull are a fish, a globe, an eight-rayed star and a sitting monkey arranged above one another. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - globe - fish - griffin: uncertain, rampant, with a long tail - monkey: sitting - rhomb - stars (2): one six-rayed, globe-centred and one eight-rayed - winged bull: reclining |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art / The MET / MMA |
| Museum number | MMA 43.102.40 |
| Culture | Iranian |
| Provenance | excavated by Erich F. Schmidt at Surkh dum-i-Luri in 1938; acquired by the MMA (Rogers Fund) from the American Institute for Iranian Art and Archaeology (New York) in 1943 |
| First occurence | 1938 |
| Archaeological context | Iran, Luristan, Surkh Dum-i-Luri, area 1, level 1 |
| Registration number | Sor 103 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 26, d: 12 |
| Material and features | "black stone" (van Loon 1989); "bitumen matrix with white mineral aggregate" (MMA) |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | animal |
| Bibliography |
van Loon 1989, 431, 463, 556 no. 109, pl. 239. van Loon, M. N.: "Iron Age Cylinder and Stamp Seals". In: Schmidt†, E. F. – van Loon, M. N. – Curvers, H. H.: The Holmes Expeditions to Luristan. Text – Plates. (Oriental Institute Publications 108) Chicago, 1989, 413–474. MMA: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/324000 [accessed: 27-11-2023]. |