Hero (archer) hunting hybrid creature (winged bull)


Hero (archer) hunting hybrid creature (winged bull)
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image The lower third of the object has been broken off. The scene is framed by a line border at the top. A bearded hero (archer) wearing a round headdress and broad-belted clothing aims his bow at a rampant hybrid creature (winged bull). He is further armed with a sword at his waist. Behind the hero, there is a crescent moon, a vertical wedge, and an eight-rayed star. Three further, horizontal wedges appear above the hybrid creature.
Figures, motifs/symbols - borderline: line border at the top
- crescent moon
- hero: archer, hunter, bearded, wearing a round headdress and broad-belted clothing; with a sword at his waist
- hybrid creature (winged bull): rampant, winged, horned
- wedges (4): cuneiform
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Bibliothèque nationale de France / BnF
Museum Number Delaporte.317
Condition, shape the lower third of the object has been broken off; worn
Culture / Production Place Neo-Assyrian
Provenance acquired from Paul-Émile Botta in 1846
First Occurrence 1846
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm), height, diameter h: 17+, d: 12
Material and features "serpentine"
Style linear
Scene hunting
Bibliography

Delaporte 1910, 177 no. 317 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.