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 |