Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S00928 |
| Description of the seal image | A horse-riding hunter (spearman) wearing a conical headdress with a long tassel and trousers aims his spear at a rampant lion. The hunter is further armed with a sword at his waist. The horse has two tassells along its belly and one on its tail. Behind the figures, there is a six-line inscription separated by horizontal ruled lines. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- horse: charging, with two tassells along its belly, and one on its tail - hunter: horse rider, spearman, beardless, wearing a conical headdress with a long tassel and trousers - inscription: cuneiform, six lines, separated by horizontal ruled lines - lion: rampant |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The British Museum |
| Museum number | BM ANE 89009 – 1847-7-26, 124 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Elamite |
| Provenance | "acquired from C. Scott-Stewart" |
| First occurence | 1841 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 35, d: 14 |
| Material and features | "quartz, chalcedony: grey-blue" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | hunting |
| Writing system, language | cuneiform: Neo-Elamite |
| Transliteration |
1. v.a-a-na |
| Translation | Ainakka, son of Fraitiš. |
| Bibliography |
Merrillees 2005, 48 no. 4 and pl. II. Merrillees, P. H.: Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals VI: Pre-Achaemenid and Achaemenid Periods. (Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals 6) London, 2005. |
| 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 |