Archer hunting bulls from chariot
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hunter (archer) wearing a long, broad-belted robe aims his bow at a rampant bull and a smaller bull (probably a calf). He is standing in a chariot with a six-spoked wheel. Based on the number of reins held by the charioteer, the vehicle is drawn by two horses. Above the horses' head, there is a cross (probably a crest), while behind the archer, a six-rayed star. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bull: rampant, head turned backwards - calf: leaping - chariot: with a six-spoked wheel, drawn by two horses - charioteer: holding two reins - cross: probably crests of the horses - horses (2): drawing a chariot - hunter: archer, standing, wearing a long, broad-belted robe - star: six-rayed |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Bibliothèque nationale de France / BnF |
| Museum number | Delaporte.369 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | ex-de Palin Collection; acquired in 1857 |
| First occurence | before 1857 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 39, d: 17 |
| Material and features | "calcédoine" |
| Style | cut |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Delaporte 1910, 207–208 no. 369 and pl. XXV. Delaporte, L.: Catalogue des cylindres orientaux et des cachets assyro-babyloniens, perses et syro-cappadociens de la Bibliothèque Nationale. I–II. Paris, 1910. |