Hero (archer) hunting bull-headed bird
| 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 robe aims his bow at a bull-headed bird, which has its head turned back. Above the latter, there is probably a plant (branch). The hero has a tasselled quiver on his back. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - plant: branch - hero: archer, hunter, wearing a long robe; with a tasselled quiver on his back - bull-headed bird: with its head turned back |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | De Clercq Collection |
| Museum Number | De Clercq 309 |
| Condition, shape | The field is damaged around the tail of the hybrid creature. |
| 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: 17, d: 7 |
| Material and features | "porphyre noir" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
De Clercq – Menant 1888,178 no. 309 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. |