Horse-riding spearman hunting lion
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A horse-riding hunter (spearman) wearing a conical headdress with a long tassel and trousers aims his spear at a rampant lion. The hunter is further armed with a sword at his waist. The horse has two tassells along its belly and one on its tail. Behind the figures, there is a six-line inscription separated by horizontal ruled lines. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- horse: charging, with two tassells along its belly, and one on its tail - hunter: horse rider, spearman, beardless, wearing a conical headdress with a long tassel and trousers - inscription: cuneiform, six lines, separated by horizontal ruled lines - lion: rampant |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The British Museum |
| Museum Number | BM ANE 89009 – 1847-7-26, 124 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture / Production Place | Neo-Elamite |
| Provenance | "acquired from C. Scott-Stewart" |
| First Occurrence | 1841 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm), height, diameter | h: 35, d: 14 |
| Material and features | "quartz, chalcedony: grey-blue" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | hunting |
| Writing system, language | cuneiform: Neo-Elamite |
| Transliteration |
1. v.a-a-na |
| Traduction | Ainakka, son of Fraitiš. |
| Bibliography |
Merrillees 2005, 48 no. 4 and pl. II. 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. |