Object no. | S01244 |
Description of the seal image | A bearded hunter (archer) wearing a long, broad-belted robe aims his bow at a rampant bull. Next to him stands a charioteer, holding the reins of possibly two horses. The chariot has a spear on its back, while the horses have feathered crests on their heads. Above their backs is an eight-rayed, globe-centred star. |
Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bull: rampant, head turned backwards - chariot: with a spear on its back, drawn by two horses - charioteer: holding two reins - horses (2): with feathered crests on their heads, galloping, drawing chariot - hunter: archer, bearded, wearing a long, broad-belted robe - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred |
Subcategory | cylinder seal |
Collection | Bibel+Orient Museum, Freiburg / Bibel+Orient Museum, Fribourg |
Museum Number | VR 1981.116 |
Culture / Production Place | Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian |
Provenance | N/A |
First Occurrence | 1981 |
Archaeological context | N/A |
Registration number | N/A |
Dimensions (mm), height, diameter | h: 18.3, d: 9.4 |
Material and features | "rotbrauner Quarz, Jaspis Karneol Achat" |
Style | cut |
Scene | hunting |
Bibliography |
Keel-Leu – Teissier 2004, 141, 404 and 435 no. 141. Keel-Leu, H. J. – Teissier, B.: Die vorderasiatischen Rollsiegel der Sammlungen «Bibel+Orient» der Universität Freiburg Schweiz = The Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals of the Collections «Bible+Orient» of the University of Fribourg. (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 200) Fribourg – Göttingen, 2004. |
Object history |