Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S00933 |
| Description of the seal image | A horse-riding hunter (spearman) wearing a tasselled headgear thrusts his barbed spear at a rampant lion. The horse has a saddle rug on its back. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- horse: charging, with a saddle rug on its back - hunter: horse rider, spearman, wearing a tasselled headgear - lion: rampant |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The British Museum |
| Museum Number | BM ANE 89583 – N 1082 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture / Production Place | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | from Sir Austen Henry Layard's expeditions to Mesopotamia between 1845 and 1851 |
| First Occurrence | 1845–1851 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm), height, diameter | h: 25, d: 11 |
| Material and features | "sparry calcite: grey, strongly translucent" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Merrillees 2005, 49 no. 9 and pl. IV. 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 |