Hero (archer) hunting griffin
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A half-kneeling bearded hunter (archer) wearing a triple-belted tunic with a fringed lower edge aims his bow at a striding griffin. Between them is a small, palmette-like stylised plant. Above the hybrid creature is a crescent moon. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - griffin: crested, winged, raising a forepaw - hero: archer, hunter, bearded, wearing a triple-belted tunic with a fringed lower edge - stylised plant: small, palmette-like |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Allard Pierson Museum, University of Amsterdam |
| Museum number | 6368 |
| Condition, shape | weathered surface |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | purchased by Henri Frankfort in Baghdad in 1935 |
| First occurence | 1935 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 28, d: 13 |
| Material and features | "dark brown limestone" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Meijer 1977–1978, 31 no. 43 and pl. V. Meijer, D. J. W.: "Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals int he Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam". Jaarbericht van het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap Ex Oriente Lux 25 (1977–1978) 7–34. |