Horse-riding Median spearman hunting deer

Object no. S01193
Description of the seal image A horse-riding Median hunter (spearman) wearing a nomadic garment and headdress with chin straps (bashlyk) aims his spear at a rampant deer. The spear has a round butt at its end. The horse has a high-backed saddle and a fringed saddle rug on its back. All figures are set on a baseline (groundline).
Figures, motifs/symbols - baseline (groundline)
- deer: stag, rampant
- horse: charging, with a high-backed saddle and a fringed saddle rug on its back
- hunter: Median, horse rider, spearman, wearing a nomadic garment and headdress with chin straps (bashlyk), holding a spear with a round butt
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection De Clercq Collection
Museum number De Clercq 362 bis
Culture Achaemenid
Provenance ex-de Clercq Collection
First occurence before 1888
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 30, d: 11
Material and features "onyx noir rubané de blanc"
Style modelled
Scene hunting
Bibliography

De Clercq – Menant 1888, 249 no. 362 bis and pl. XXXIX.



De Clercq, L. – Menant, J.: Collection de Clercq: Catalogue méthodique et raisonné. Antiquités assyriennes: Cylindres orientaux, cachets, briques, bronzes, bas-reliefs, etc. I: Cylindres orientaux. I: Texte – II: Planches et carte. Paris, 1888.

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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