Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S00935 |
| Description of the seal image | A hunter (spearman) wearing Median clothing and headgear (bashlyk) aims his spear at a charging boar and holds a tasselled cloth (probably a saddle rug) in the other hand. The figures are set on a groundline. Above the boar, a four-letter alphabetic inscription appears. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- boar: charging - groundline - hunter: spearman, wearing Median clothing and headgear (bashlyk), holding a tasselled cloth (probably a saddle rug) in one hand - inscription: alphabetic |
| Subcategory | bead cylinder seal |
| Collection | The British Museum |
| Museum Number | BM ANE 103005 – 1909-5-8, 5 |
| Condition, shape | "the seal ... may have been reworked from a bead" (Merrillees 2005, 50 no. 11); slightly barrel-shaped |
| Culture / Production Place | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | acquired from J. J. Naaman |
| First Occurrence | 1909 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm), height, diameter | h: 27.5, d: 11 (13) |
| Material and features | "limestone: black" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Writing system, language | Alphabetic. Aramaic. |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Traduction | N/A |
| Bibliography |
Merrillees 2005, 50 no. 11 and pl. IV. Merrillees, P. H.: Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals VI: Pre-Achaemenid and Achaemenid Periods. (Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals 6) London, 2005. |
| Object history |