Object no. | S01026 |
Description of the seal image | The lower half of the object has been broken off. The remaining scene is framed by a line border at the top. A bearded divine hero (archer) wearing a horned headdress aims his bow at a rampant winged bull. Above the latter are a crescent moon and single wedges on each side. |
Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderline: line border at the top (the lower half of the object has been broken off) - crescent moon - divine hero: winged, bearded, wearing a horned headdress - wedges (2): cuneiform - winged bull: rampant, head turned backwards |
Subcategory | cylinder seal |
Collection | Bibliothèque nationale de France / BnF |
Museum Number | Delaporte.316 |
Condition, shape | upper half of the object has been broken off; slightly damaged |
Culture / Production Place | Neo-Assyrian |
Provenance | acquired in 1857 |
First Occurrence | 1857 |
Archaeological context | N/A |
Registration number | N/A |
Dimensions (mm), height, diameter | h: 17+, d: 14 |
Material and features | "serpentine" |
Style | linear |
Scene | hunting |
Bibliography |
Delaporte 1910, 177 no. 316 and pl. XXI. Delaporte, L.: Catalogue des cylindres orientaux et des cachets assyro-babyloniens, perses et syro-cappadociens de la Bibliothèque Nationale. I–II. Paris, 1910. |
Object history |