Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S01201 |
| Description of the seal image | A royal hero (archer) wearing a crown (probably cidaris) and a long, belted robe with fringed edges aims his bow at a rampant lion. He has a quiver full of arrows on his back. Behind the two figures, there is a three-line inscription framed and separated by ruled lines. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- royal hero: archer, hunter, wearing a crown (probably cidaris) and a long, belted robe with fringed edges, with a quiver full of arrows on his back - inscription: cuneiform, three lines, framed and separated by ruled lines - lion: rampant |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée du Louvre – De Clercq Collection |
| Museum number | AO 22356 – De Clercq 370 |
| Condition, shape | damaged upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Culture and/or date | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | ex-de Clercq Collection; donated to the Musée du Louvre by Henri Louis Marie Martin de Boisgelin in 1967 |
| First occurence | before 1888 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 27, d: 13 |
| Material and features | "agate grise" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | hunting |
| Translation | N/A |
| Bibliography |
De Clercq – Menant 1888, 199 no. 370 and pl. XXXIV. 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 |