Archer hunting wild goat (ibex)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A half-kneeling hunter (archer) aims his bow at a jumping wild goat (ibex). Between the two figures is a wedge in the middle and possibly a four-rayed star with globe-tipped rays above. Below the animal is a stylised plant. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- hunter: archer, half-kneeling - star: uncertain, four-rayed, with globe-tipped rays - wedge: cuneiform - wild goat (ibex): jumping |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museu |
| Museum number | VA Bab 1542 |
| Condition, shape | sligthly worn |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | Babylon |
| First occurence | 1957 |
| Registration number | VA Bab 1542 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 26, d: 9 |
| Material and features | "Fritte" |
| Style | sintered quartz |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Wetzel – Schmidt – Mallwitz 1957, 38 no. 29 and Taf. 46: b. Wetzel, F. – Schmidt, E. – Mallwitz, A.: Das Babylon der Spätzeit. (Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 62) Berlin, 1957. |