Hero (archer) hunting winged bull
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded hero (archer) wearing a long, belted robe with a fringed lower edge aims his bow at a winged bull. Above the latter, there is a crescent moon and a wedge, while in front of it is a bush, the branches of which end in single globes. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - bush: the branches of which end in single globes - crescent moon - hero: bearded, archer, wearing a long, belted robe with a fringed lower edge - wedge: cuneiform - winged bull: striding |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | De Clercq Collection |
| Museum Number | De Clercq 305 |
| Culture / Production Place | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | ex-de Clercq Collection |
| First Occurrence | before 1888 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm), height, diameter | h: 35, d: 14 |
| Material and features | "porphyre rouge et gris" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
De Clercq – Menant 1888, 177 no. 305 and pl. XXIX. De Clercq, L. – Menant, J.: Collection de Clercq: Catalogue méthodique et raisonné. Antiquités assyriennes: Cylindres orientaux, cachets, briques, bronzes, bas-reliefs, etc. I: Cylindres orientaux. I: Texte – II: Planches et carte. Paris, 1888. |