Hero (archer) hunting horned serpent (bashmu)

Object no. S04761
Description of the seal image The scene is framed by a line border at the bottom. A hero (archer), wearing a long robe, aims his bow at a coiled-up horned serpent (bashmu). Between them are traces of a stylised plant.
Figures, motifs/symbols - borderline: line border at the bottom
- hero: archer, hunter, wearing a long robe
- horned serpent (bashmu): coiled-up
- stylised plant: traces
Subcategory sealing (cylinder seal)
Collection N/A
Culture Neo-Assyrian
Provenance Nush-i Jan
Registration number NU 27/20
Material and features N/A
Style sintered quartz
Scene hunting
Bibliography

Curtis 1984, 25 no. 236, fig. 4: 236, pl. XI: 236.



Curtis, J.E.: Nush-I Jan III: The Small Finds. (British Institute of Persian Studies) London, 1984.



Collon 2005, 84–85 no. 387.



Collon, D.: First Impressions: Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East [First published in 1987] London, 2005.

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 (08 April 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter
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