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 / Production Place | 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 Occurrence | 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 |
| Traduction | 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 |