Horse-riding spearman hunting wild goat (ibex) with dog (hound)


Horse-riding spearman hunting wild goat (ibex) with dog (hound)
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image A horse-riding, bearded hunter (spearman) wearing a headband and trousers thrusts his spear at a rampant wild goat (ibex). Between them, there is a hunting dog (hound) below, and a winged sun-disc above.
Figures, motifs/symbols - dog (hound)
- horse: charging
- hunter: horse rider, bearded, spearman, wearing a headband and trousers
- wild goat (ibex): rampant, head turned backwards
- winged sun-disc
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection The British Museum
Museum Number BM ANE 89694 – R 165
Condition, shape worn
Culture / Production Place Achaemenid
Provenance may have been found at Borsippa (Birs Nimrud); ex-Rich Collection; acquired by the British Museum in 1825
First Occurrence 1825
Archaeological context Borsippa (Birs Nimrud)
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm), height, diameter h: 29, d: 12
Material and features "limestone: mottled, brown and red, black inclusions"
Style linear
Scene hunting
Bibliography

Merrillees 2005, 49 no. 8 and pl. V.



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.