Hero (archer) hunting horned serpent (bashmu)

Object no. S02011
Description of the seal image The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A hero (archer) wearing a tunic aims his bow at a coiled-up horned serpent.
Figures, motifs/symbols - borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom
- hero: archer, wearing tunic
- horned serpent (bashmu): coiled-up
Subcategory bead cylinder seal
Collection Penn Museum
Museum number B14354 – CBS 14354
Condition, shape weathered surface
Culture Neo-Babylonian
Provenance excavated at Nippur in 1894
First occurence 1984
Archaeological context Nippur, hill VIII
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 22, d: 8
Material and features "glazed pottery"
Style sintered quartz
Scene hunting
Bibliography

Legrain 1925, 313 no. 646 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 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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