Crowned fish-man (kulullu) hunting rampant lion

Object no. S01102
Description of the seal image A fish-man (kulullu) with a crown on his head and a tasselled quiver full of arrows on his back aims his arrow at a rampant lion. The upper body of the hybrid hunter is identical to the Persian royal hero. The lion already has an arrow sticking out of its forehead. In front of the animal are the Sibitti (Pleiades), while behind the hybrid creature is a crescent moon and a curved vertical cut. The field is damaged between the two figures.
Figures, motifs/symbols - crescent moon
- fish-man (kulullu): with a crown on his head and a tasselled quiver full of arrows on his back; human upper body, fish-tail (the upper body of the figure is identical to the Persian royal hero)
- lion: rampant, with an arrow sticking out of its forehead
- Sibitti (Pleiades)
- unidentified symbol: curved vertical cut
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Bibliothèque nationale de France / BnF
Museum Number Delaporte.392 – Luynes.408
Condition, shape The field is damaged between the two figures.
Culture / Production Place Achaemenid
Provenance donated by the Duke of Luynes in 1862 (408)
First Occurrence before 1862
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm), height, diameter h: 26, d: 13
Material and features "jaspe brun"
Style linear
Scene hunting
Bibliography

Delaporte 1910, 219 no. 392 and pl. XXVII.



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
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