Object no. | S02009 |
Description of the seal image | A hero (archer) aims his bow at a coiled-up horned serpent (bashmu). He is further armed with a sword at his waist. |
Figures, motifs/symbols |
- hero: archer, has a sword at his waist - horned serpent (bashmu): coiled-up |
Subcategory | bead cylinder seal |
Collection | Penn Museum |
Museum Number | B14359 – CBS 14359 |
Condition, shape | slightly worn and chipped below the hunter |
Culture / Production Place | Neo-Babylonian |
Provenance | excavated at Nippur in 1894 |
First Occurrence | 1894 |
Archaeological context | Nippur, hill VIII |
Registration number | N/A |
Dimensions (mm), height, diameter | h: 17, d: 7 |
Material and features | "glazed pottery" |
Style | sintered quartz |
Scene | hunting |
Bibliography |
Legrain 1925, 313 no. 644 and pl. XXXIII. Legrain, L.: The Culture of the Babylonians. From Their Seals in the Collections of the Museum. I–II. (Publications of the Babylonian Section 14) Philadelphia, 1925. |
Object history |