Crowned fish-man (kulullu) hunting rampant lion

Kategória	Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image	A fish-man (kulullu) with a crown on his head and a tasselled quiver full of arrows on his back aims his arrow at a rampant lion. The upper body of the hybrid hunter is identical to the Persian royal hero. The lion already has an arrow sticking out of its forehead. In front of the animal are the Sibitti (Pleiades), while behind the hybrid creature is a crescent moon and a curved vertical cut. The field is damaged between the two figures.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- crescent moon - fish-man (kulullu): with a crown on his head and a tasselled quiver full of arrows on his back; human upper body, fish-tail (the upper body of the figure is identical to the Persian royal hero) - lion: rampant, with an arrow sticking out of its forehead - Sibitti (Pleiades) - unidentified symbol: curved vertical cut
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	Bibliothèque nationale de France / BnF
Museum Number	Delaporte.392 – Luynes.408
Condition, shape	The field is damaged between the two figures.
Culture / Production Place	Achaemenid
Provenance	donated by the Duke of Luynes in 1862 (408)
First Occurrence	before 1862
Archaeological context	N/A
Registration number	N/A
Dimensions (mm), height, diameter	h: 26, d: 13
Material and features	"jaspe brun"
Style	linear
Scene	hunting
Bibliography	Delaporte 1910, 219 no. 392 and pl. XXVII. Delaporte, L.: Catalogue des cylindres orientaux et des cachets assyro-babyloniens, perses et syro-cappadociens de la Bibliothèque Nationale. I–II. Paris, 1910.