Camel-riding royal hero (spearman) hunting lion

Object no. S01202
Description of the seal image A bearded, camel-riding royal hero (spearman) wearing a crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe) aims his spear at a rampant lion. The camel is a dromedary.
Figures, motifs/symbols - camel: one-humped, dromedary
- lion: rampant
- royal hero: bearded, camel rider, spearman, wearing a crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe)
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Musée du Louvre – De Clercq Collection
Museum Number AO 22357 – De Clercq 370 bis
Culture / Production Place Achaemenid
Provenance ex-de Clercq Collection; donated to the Musée du Louvre by Henri Louis Marie Martin de Boisgelin in 1967
First Occurrence before 1888
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm), height, diameter h: 23, d: 10
Material and features "agate saphirine"
Style modelled
Scene hunting
Bibliography

De Clercq – Menant 1888, 199 no. 370 bis and pl. XXXVIII.



De Clercq, L. – Menant, J.: Collection de Clercq: Catalogue méthodique et raisonné. Antiquités assyriennes: Cylindres orientaux, cachets, briques, bronzes, bas-reliefs, etc. I: Cylindres orientaux. I: Texte – II: Planches et carte. Paris, 1888.

Object history
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