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 | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | from Sir Austen Henry Layard's expeditions to Mesopotamia between 1845 and 1851 |
| First occurence | 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 | 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 |