Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02315 |
| Description of the seal image | A half-kneeling royal hunter (archer) wearing a crenellated crown (cidaris) aims his bow at a rampant gazelle (antelope). Between them is a vertically set alphabetic inscription above a large bird of prey. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bird: large, bird of prey - gazelle (antelope): rampant, head turned backwards - hunter: archer, half-kneeling, wearing a crenellated crown (cidaris) - inscription: alphabetic, set vertically |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Allard Pierson Museum, University of Amsterdam |
| Museum number | 18.389 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | sold at Christie's (New York) on 7 November 2001 (lot 610); ex-Kist Collection |
| First occurence | before 2001 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 25, d: 8 |
| Material and features | "agate" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | hunting |
| Writing system, language | alphabetic (four letters), Aramaic(?) |
| Bibliography |
Kist 2003, 207 no. 389. Kist, J.: Ancient Near Eastern Seals from the Kist Collection: Three Millennia of Miniature Reliefs. (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 18) Leiden – Boston, 2003. |
| Object history | The publications mentioning the objects in this database were collected and the objects classified by ZN; data for the present object was input and preliminary description of the object done by GE based on the relevant publication provided, then the data was checked by MNy and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN. GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |