Archer hunting bulls from chariot

Archer hunting bulls from chariot

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Megfigyelés Nyomtatási nézet
Object no. S01079
Description of the seal image A bearded hunter (archer) wearing a long, broad-belted robe aims his bow at a rampant bull and a smaller bull (probably a calf). He is standing in a chariot with a six-spoked wheel. Based on the number of reins held by the charioteer, the vehicle is drawn by two horses. Above the horses' head, there is a cross (probably a crest), while behind the archer, a six-rayed star.
Figures, motifs/symbols - bull: rampant, head turned backwards
- calf: leaping
- chariot: with a six-spoked wheel, drawn by two horses
- charioteer: holding two reins
- cross: probably crests of the horses
- horses (2): drawing a chariot
- hunter: archer, standing, wearing a long, broad-belted robe
- star: six-rayed
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Bibliothèque nationale de France / BnF
Museum number Delaporte.369
Condition, shape chipped upper and lower edges
Culture Neo-Assyrian
Provenance ex-de Palin Collection; acquired in 1857
First occurence before 1857
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 39, d: 17
Material and features "calcédoine"
Style cut
Scene hunting
Bibliography

Delaporte 1910, 207–208 no. 369 and pl. XXV.



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
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