Horse-riding spearman hunting wild goat (ibex)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A horse-riding hunter (spearman) aims his short spear at a rampant wild goat (ibex). Between them is a crescent moon. The horse has tassels along its belly. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - horse: with tassels along its belly - hunter: horse rider, spearman - wild goat (ibex): rampant, head turned backwards |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum |
| Museum Number | VA Bab 2255 |
| Culture / Production Place | Achaemenid, Neo-Elamite |
| Provenance | excavated at Babylon |
| First Occurrence | 1940 |
| Archaeological context | Babylon, Neo-Babylonian layer |
| Registration number | Bab. 38148 |
| Dimensions (mm), height, diameter | h: 19, d: 10 |
| Material and features | "Kalkstein" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Moortgat 1940, 79, 152 no. 774 and Taf. 90. Moortgat, A.: Vorderasiatische Rollsiegel. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Steinschneidekunst. Berlin, 1940. |