Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S01022 |
| Description of the seal image | A half-kneeling hunter (archer) wearing a long, fringed robe aims his bow at a rampant bull. He is further armed with a sword at his waist. Between them, there is a small palmette plant. Above the bull is a crescent moon, while behind the two figures is an eight-rayed star and a fish. Two wedges appear under the bull, another two are above the hero's knee, and two are inside the bow's arc. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bull: rampant - crescent moon - fish - hero: archer, hunter, half-kneeling, wearing a long, fringed robe; with a sword at his waist - star: eight-rayed - stylised plant: small palmette - wedges (6): cuneiform |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Bibliothèque nationale de France / BnF |
| Museum number | Delaporte.312 |
| Condition, shape | worn |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | N/A |
| First occurence | 1858 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 32, d: 12 |
| Material and features | "serpentine verte" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Delaporte 1910, 175 no. 312 and pl. XXI. Delaporte, L.: Catalogue des cylindres orientaux et des cachets assyro-babyloniens, perses et syro-cappadociens de la Bibliothèque Nationale. I–II. Paris, 1910. |
| 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 |