Hero (archer) hunting rampant griffin


Hero (archer) hunting rampant griffin
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image A half-kneeling hero (archer) wearing a round headdress and a long, double-belted robe with a fringed edge aims his bow at a rampant griffin. He is further armed with a sword at his waist. Between the two figures, there is a fish, while behind them in the sky are a six-rayed star and a crescent moon.
Figures, motifs/symbols - crescent moon
- fish
- griffin: rampant, winged
- hero: half-kneeling, archer, wearing a round headdress and a long, double-belted robe with a fringed edge, with a sword at his waist
- star: six-rayed
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection De Clercq Collection
Museum Number De Clercq 318
Culture / Production Place Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian
Provenance ex-de Clercq Collection
First Occurrence before 1888
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm), height, diameter h: 24, d: 11
Material and features "cornaline orientale"
Style cut
Scene hunting
Bibliography

De Clercq – Menant 1888, 180 no. 318 and pl. XXX.



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.