Persian archer hunting two wild goats (ibexes)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A hunter (archer) wearing a headband and Persian clothing (court robe) aims his bow at two jumping wild goats (ibexes). He has a tasselled quiver full of arrows on his back. Both animals already have an arrow shot into their backs. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- hunter: archer, bearded, wearing a headband and Persian clothing (court robe); with a tasselled quiver full of arrows on his back - wild goats (ibexes) (2): jumping, each with an arrow shot into its back |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | De Clercq Collection |
| Museum Number | De Clercq 364 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture / Production Place | Achaemenid |
| Culture and/or date | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | ex-de Clercq Collection |
| First Occurrence | before 1888 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm), height, diameter | h: 29, d: 13 |
| Material and features | "sardoine rubanée de blanc" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
De Clercq – Menant 1888, 197 no. 364 and pl. XXXIII. 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. |