Object no. | S02124 |
Description of the seal image | A horse-riding hunter (archer) wearing a rectangular headdress and belted clothing aims his bow at a jumping bull. The bull already has an arrow sticking out of its head. Behind the archer are a corrected eight-rayed, globe-centred star and a crescent moon. Below the bull and the horse are further undetermined symbols. |
Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bull: jumping, head turned backwards - crescent moon - horse: galloping - hunter: archer, bearded, wearing a rectangular headdress and belted clothing - star: corrected, eight-rayed - undetermined symbols |
Subcategory | cylinder seal |
Collection | ex-Mrs Agnes Baldwin Brett Collection |
Museum Number | N/A |
Condition, shape | chipped upper edge between the figures |
Culture / Production Place | Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian |
Provenance | ex-Mrs Agnes Baldwin Brett Collection |
First Occurrence | before 1936 |
Archaeological context | N/A |
Registration number | N/A |
Dimensions (mm), height, diameter | h: 19, d: 9 |
Material and features | "lapis lazuli" |
Style | cut, drilled |
Scene | hunting |
Bibliography |
von der Osten 1936, 19 no. 130 and pl. XI. von der Osten, H. H.: Ancient Oriental Seals in the Collection of Mrs. Agnes Baldwin Brett. (Oriental Institute Publications 37) Chicago, 1936. |
Object history |