Object no. | S01114 |
Description of the seal image | A horse-riding Median hunter (spearman) wearing nomadic clothing thrusts his spear at a rampant bear. The horse has tassells on its tail. |
Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bear: rampant - horse: charging; with tassels on its tail - hunter: Median, horse rider, spearman, wearing nomadic clothing |
Subcategory | cylinder seal |
Collection | Bibliothèque nationale de France / BnF |
Museum number | Delaporte.404 |
Condition, shape | chip below the bear |
Culture | Achaemenid |
Provenance | N/A |
First occurence | 1899 |
Archaeological context | N/A |
Registration number | N/A |
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 28, d: 10 |
Material and features | "cornaline" |
Style | modelled |
Scene | hunting |
Bibliography |
Delaporte 1910, 225 no. 404 and pl. XXVIII. Delaporte, L.: Catalogue des cylindres orientaux et des cachets assyro-babyloniens, perses et syro-cappadociens de la Bibliothèque Nationale. I–II. Paris, 1910. |
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 |