Median spearman hunting boar

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Object no.	S00935
Description of the seal image	A hunter (spearman) wearing Median clothing and headgear (bashlyk) aims his spear at a charging boar and holds a tasselled cloth (probably a saddle rug) in the other hand. The figures are set on a groundline. Above the boar, a four-letter alphabetic inscription appears.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- boar: charging - groundline - hunter: spearman, wearing Median clothing and headgear (bashlyk), holding a tasselled cloth (probably a saddle rug) in one hand - inscription: alphabetic
Subcategory	bead cylinder seal
Collection	The British Museum
Museum number	BM ANE 103005 – 1909-5-8, 5
Condition, shape	"the seal ... may have been reworked from a bead" (Merrillees 2005, 50 no. 11); slightly barrel-shaped
Culture	Achaemenid
Provenance	acquired from J. J. Naaman
First occurence	1909
Archaeological context	N/A
Registration number	N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter	h: 27.5, d: 11 (13)
Material and features	"limestone: black"
Style	linear
Scene	hunting
Writing system, language	Alphabetic. Aramaic.
Transliteration	N/A
Translation	N/A
Bibliography	Merrillees 2005, 50 no. 11 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

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Median spearman hunting boar

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