Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S00910 |
| Description of the seal image | A horse-riding hunter (spearman) wearing Median clothing and headgear (bashlyk) thrusts his spear at a charging boar. Above the latter is a winged sun-disc without a central disc. The figures are placed on a groundline. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- boar: charging - groundline - horse: charging, with a tasselled saddle rug on its back - hunter: spearman, horse rider, wearing Median clothing and headgear (bashlyk), holding a spear with a round butt - winged sun-disc: without central disc |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum |
| Museum number | VA 4282 |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | acquired in trade |
| First occurence | 1940 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 35, d: 13 |
| Material and features | "Achat" |
| Style | modelled details |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Moortgat 1940, 79, 152 no. 769 and Taf. 90. Moortgat, A.: Vorderasiatische Rollsiegel. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Steinschneidekunst. Berlin, 1940. |
| 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 |