Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04872 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded hunter (archer), wearing a long, broad-belted robe with a fringed lower edge, aims his bow at a striding wild goat (ibex). Between and behind the two figures are small, palmette-like stylised plants with a crescent moon above the taller one. A flying bird appears above the wild goat's back. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bird: flying - borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - hunter: archer, bearded, wearing a long, broad-belted robe with a fringed lower edge - stylised plants (2): palmette-like, one taller and one shorter - wild goat (ibex): striding |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia |
| Museum number | UM 63-5-294 |
| Condition, shape | damaged lower edge |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | Tepe Hasanlu |
| First occurence | between 1956-1977 (excavations) |
| Archaeological context | Burned Building III, southern end of Room 9, floor |
| Registration number | HAS 62-1091 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 36.4, 13.6 |
| Material and features | "composite material, colored pink, beige, and black" |
| Style | sintered quartz |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Marcus 1996, 119–120 no. 65 and pl. 20. Marcus, M.I.: Emblems of Identity and Prestige: The Seals and Sealings from Hasanlu, Iran: Commentary and Catalog. (University Museum Monograph 84. Hasanlu Special Studies 3) Philadelphia, 1996. |
| 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 ZN and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (14 April 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter |