Archer hunting wild goat (ibex)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded hunter (archer), wearing a long, triple-belted robe with a fringed lower edge, aims his bow at a wild goat (ibex). Between them is a small stylised plant (arch-and-net tree), while above the wild goat's back is a crescent moon and one or two wedges. The archer has a quiver full of arrows on his back, and his head is cut over the upper borderline. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - hunter: archer, bearded, wearing a long, triple-belted robe with a fringed lower edge, has a quiver full of arrows on his back - stylised plant (arch-and-net tree): small - wedges (1 or 2) - wild goat (ibex) |
| Subcategory | other objects |
| Collection | Iraq Museum |
| Museum number | IM 127721 |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | Nimrud (Kalhu) |
| First occurence | 1992 |
| Archaeological context | burial, basement underground hole 74 or corridor under Room 74 |
| Registration number | ND 181 or ND 1992.181 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 22, d: 9 |
| Material and features | "green stone" or "faience" |
| Style | sintered quartz |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Hussein – Abdul-Razak 1997–1998, 170, 177, 180 (photo) no. 6. Hussein, M.M. – Abdul Razzaq, R.: “Seals from Nimrud”, Sumer 49 (1997–1998), 166–191 [in Arabic]. Hussein – Altaweel – Gibson 2016, 49, 168 no. 1992.181 and pl. 191f. Hussein, M.M. – Altaweel, M. [translation and initial editing] – Gibson, McG. [editing and additional notes]: Nimrud: The Queens’ Tombs. Baghdad – Chicago, 2016. |