Persian archer hunting two wild goats (ibexes)


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 Achaemenid
Culture and/or date Achaemenid
Provenance ex-de Clercq Collection
First occurence 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.