Archer hunting bull
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A half-kneeling hunter (archer) wearing a long, fringed robe aims his bow at a rampant bull. He is further armed with a sword at his waist. Between them, there is a small palmette plant. Above the bull is a crescent moon, while behind the two figures is an eight-rayed star and a fish. Two wedges appear under the bull, another two are above the hero's knee, and two are inside the bow's arc. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bull: rampant - crescent moon - fish - hero: archer, hunter, half-kneeling, wearing a long, fringed robe; with a sword at his waist - star: eight-rayed - stylised plant: small palmette - wedges (6): cuneiform |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Bibliothèque nationale de France / BnF |
| Museum Number | Delaporte.312 |
| Condition, shape | worn |
| Culture / Production Place | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | N/A |
| First Occurrence | 1858 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm), height, diameter | h: 32, d: 12 |
| Material and features | "serpentine verte" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Delaporte 1910, 175 no. 312 and pl. XXI. Delaporte, L.: Catalogue des cylindres orientaux et des cachets assyro-babyloniens, perses et syro-cappadociens de la Bibliothèque Nationale. I–II. Paris, 1910. |