Archers hunting deer and gazelle (antelope)

Kategória	Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image	The scene is framed by line borders with triangles pointing outwards at the top and bottom. A hunter (archer) wearing a broad-belted tunic with a fringed lower edge aims his bow at a jumping gazelle (antelope). He has a curved weapon, likely a sickle sword (scimitar) in his belt. In front of him is a flower-like plant with five hanging heads, while between his legs is a bird. Opposite him, a smaller archer wearing a tunic aims his bow at a deer (stag). He also has a curved weapon in his belt. Between them is a small plant with pointy leaves, likely an ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree). Above the head and the back of the deer are two further birds, respectively. In the sky from left to right, there is an omega-shaped symbol, a globe-centred, eight-rayed star or eight-petalled flower, the Sibitti (Pleiades), and a crescent moon above two globes.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- birds (3) - borderlines (2): line borders with triangles pointing outwards at the top and bottom - crescent moon - deer: stag - gazelle (antelope): jumping - globes (2) - hunter 1: archer, beardless, wearing a broad-belted tunic with a fringed lower edge, has a curved weapon in his belt, likely a sickle sword (scimitar) - hunter 2: archer, facing right, beardless, wearing a tunic, has a curved weapon in his belt, likely a sickle sword (scimitar) - omega-shaped symbol - plant 1: flower-like, with five hanging heads - plant 2: small, with pointy leaves, likely ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree) - Sibitti (Pleiades) - star or flower: eight-rayed or eight-petalled, globe-centred
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	ex-Mrs William H. Moore Collection
Museum Number	Mrs Moore 62
Condition, shape	slightly worn
Culture / Production Place	North Syrian
Provenance	ex-Mrs William H. Moore Collection
First Occurrence	before 1940
Archaeological context	N/A
Registration number	N/A
Dimensions (mm), height, diameter	h: 50, d: 18
Material and features	"felsite"
Style	linear
Scene	hunting
Bibliography	Eisen 1940, 51 no. 74. and pl. IX. Eisen, G. A.: Ancient Oriental Cylinder and Other Seals with a Description of the Collection of Mrs. William H. Moore. (Oriental Institute Publications 47) Chicago, 1940.