Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| 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 | Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Mrs Agnes Baldwin Brett Collection |
| First occurence | 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 | 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 |