Hero (archer) hunting horned serpent (bashmu)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A hero (archer) aims his bow at a coiled-up horned serpent (bashmu). He is further armed with a sword at his waist. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- hero: archer, has a sword at his waist - horned serpent (bashmu): coiled-up |
| Subcategory | bead cylinder seal |
| Collection | Penn Museum |
| Museum Number | B14359 – CBS 14359 |
| Condition, shape | slightly worn and chipped below the hunter |
| Culture / Production Place | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | excavated at Nippur in 1894 |
| First Occurrence | 1894 |
| Archaeological context | Nippur, hill VIII |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm), height, diameter | h: 17, d: 7 |
| Material and features | "glazed pottery" |
| Style | sintered quartz |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Legrain 1925, 313 no. 644 and pl. XXXIII. Legrain, L.: The Culture of the Babylonians. From Their Seals in the Collections of the Museum. I–II. (Publications of the Babylonian Section 14) Philadelphia, 1925. |