Royal hero (archer) hunting rampant lion


Royal hero (archer) hunting rampant lion
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image A royal hero (archer) wearing a crown (probably cidaris) and a long, belted robe with fringed edges aims his bow at a rampant lion. He has a quiver full of arrows on his back. Behind the two figures, there is a three-line inscription framed and separated by ruled lines.
Figures, motifs/symbols - royal hero: archer, hunter, wearing a crown (probably cidaris) and a long, belted robe with fringed edges, with a quiver full of arrows on his back
- inscription: cuneiform, three lines, framed and separated by ruled lines
- lion: rampant
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Musée du Louvre – De Clercq Collection
Museum Number AO 22356 – De Clercq 370
Condition, shape damaged upper and lower edges
Culture / Production Place Achaemenid
Culture and/or date Achaemenid
Provenance ex-de Clercq Collection; donated to the Musée du Louvre by Henri Louis Marie Martin de Boisgelin in 1967
First Occurrence before 1888
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm), height, diameter h: 27, d: 13
Material and features "agate grise"
Style modelled
Scene hunting
Traduction N/A
Bibliography

De Clercq – Menant 1888, 199 no. 370 and pl. XXXIV.



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.