Horse-riding spearman hunting wild goat (ibex)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A horse-riding hunter (spearman) wearing a nomadic garment and headdress (bashlyk) thrusts his spear (A. Moortgat) at a rampant wild goat (ibex). |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- horse: charging - hunter: horse rider, spearman, wearing a nomadic garment and headdress (bashlyk) - wild goat (ibex): rampant, head turned backwards |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum |
| Museum Number | VA 4251 |
| Condition, shape | damaged |
| Culture / Production Place | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | excavated at Assur |
| First Occurrence | 1940 |
| Archaeological context | Assur |
| Registration number | Ass 18153 |
| Dimensions (mm), height, diameter | h: 34, d: 14 |
| Material and features | "Kalkstein" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Moortgat 1940, 79, 152 no. 770 and Taf. 90. Moortgat, A.: Vorderasiatische Rollsiegel. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Steinschneidekunst. Berlin, 1940. |