Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S00936 |
| Description of the seal image | A hunter (spearman) wearing Median clothing and headgear (bashlyk) aims his barbed spear at a charging boar and holds a tasselled cloth (probably a saddle rug) in the other hand. At his waist, he has a quiver (gorytos). Behind him stands his horse, above which there is a four-letter alphabetic inscription. All figures are set on a groundline. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- boar: charging - groundline - horse - hunter: spearman, wearing Median clothing and headgear (bashlyk), holding a tasselled cloth (probably a saddle rug) in one hand, with a quiver (gorytos) at his waist; the spear is barbed and has a round butt at its end - inscription: four-letter, alphabetic |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The British Museum |
| Museum number | BM ANE 89144 – 1846-5-23, 353 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges; large chip below the horse |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | ex-J. R. Steuart Collection |
| First occurence | 1846 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 33, d: 22 |
| Material and features | "quartz, chalcedony: mottled, blue and grey-blue" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | hunting |
| Writing system, language | Alphabetic. Aramaic. |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Merrillees 2005, 50–51 no. 12 and pl. V. Merrillees, P. H.: Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals VI: Pre-Achaemenid and Achaemenid Periods. (Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals 6) London, 2005. |
| 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 |