Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S00035 |
| 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 hem aims his bow at a bull. The hunter has a quiver with arrows on his back. Above the bull, there are two wedges. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - bull: standing, head turned backwards - hunter: archer, standing, with quiver and arrows, wearing a long, triple-belted robe with a fringed lower hem - wedges (2) |
| Subcategory | bead cylinder seal |
| Collection | The British Museum |
| Museum number | BM WA 139985 – 1856-9-3, 90 |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | acquired by W. K. Loftus at Sherif-Khan |
| First occurence | 1856 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 26, d: 11 |
| Material and features | "Faience: now grey and pale yellow with minute traces of bright green glaze surviving. Analysis by XRD and XRF showed that a yellow opacifier and a copper colourant were used [MS]. The design has been filled with glaze so that this object must have been a bead rather than a seal. It is, however, included here because it demonstrates that the same techniques were used for producing beads and seals" (Collon 2001, 45 no. 35). |
| Style | sintered quartz |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Collon 2001, 45 no. 35 and pls. III and XLIII. Collon, D.: Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals V: Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Periods. (Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals 5) London, 2001. |
| Object history | The publications mentioning the objects in this database were collected and the objects classified by ZN; data for the present object was input and preliminary description of the object done by GE based on the relevant publication provided, then the data was checked by MNy and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN. GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |