Object no. | S01269 |
Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A half-kneeling, bearded hunter (archer) wearing a double-belted tunic aims his bow at an ostrich flapping its wings. The archer has a quiver full of arrows on his back. Between the two figures, there is a wedge. Above the bird is a crescent moon, while below is a plant, probably an arch-and-net tree. |
Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - hunter: archer, bearded, half-kneeling, wearing a double-belted tunic; with a quiver full of arrows in his back - ostrich: flapping its wings - plant: probably an arch-and-net tree - wedge: cuneiform |
Subcategory | cylinder seal |
Collection | Bibel+Orient Museum, Freiburg / Bibel+Orient Museum, Fribourg |
Museum number | VR 1981.96 |
Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
Provenance | N/A |
First occurence | 1981 |
Archaeological context | N/A |
Registration number | N/A |
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 39, d: 14.1 |
Material and features | "dunkelbeiges Kompositmaterial, Keramik, minimale Spuren von grüner Glasur" |
Style | linear |
Scene | hunting |
Bibliography |
Keel-Leu – Teissier 2004, 174, 405 and 439 no. 166. 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 | 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 |