Object no. | S01081 |
Description of the seal image | A bearded hunter (archer) wearing a brimmed headdress and a long, broad-belted robe aims his bow at a rampant lion, while another, fallen one is below the horse. He is standing in a chariot with an eight-spoked wheel and a spear with a round butt on its back. Based on the number of reins held by the charioteer, the vehicle is drawn by two horses. Above the horses is a bird, while above the rampant lion is an eight-rayed star, and below a fish. |
Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bird - chariot: with an eight-spoked wheel and a spear with a round butt on its back - charioteer: holding reins - fish - horses (2): galloping, drawing a chariot - hunter: archer, standing, bearded, wearing a brimmed headdress and a long, broad-belted robe - lion 1: rampant - lion 2: fallen - star: eight-rayed |
Subcategory | cylinder seal |
Collection | Bibliothèque nationale de France / BnF |
Museum Number | Delaporte.371 |
Culture / Production Place | Neo-Assyrian |
Provenance | N/A |
First Occurrence | 1858 |
Archaeological context | N/A |
Registration number | N/A |
Dimensions (mm), height, diameter | h: 27, d: 14 |
Material and features | "calcédoine lactée" |
Style | cut |
Scene | hunting |
Bibliography |
Delaporte 1910, 208 no. 371 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 |