Hero (archer) hunting winged bull

Object no. S01127
Description of the seal image The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded hero (archer) wearing a long, belted robe with a fringed lower edge aims his bow at a winged bull. Above the latter, there is a crescent moon and a wedge, while in front of it is a bush, the branches of which end in single globes.
Figures, motifs/symbols - borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom
- bush: the branches of which end in single globes
- crescent moon
- hero: bearded, archer, wearing a long, belted robe with a fringed lower edge
- wedge: cuneiform
- winged bull: striding
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection De Clercq Collection
Museum Number De Clercq 305
Culture / Production Place Neo-Assyrian
Provenance ex-de Clercq Collection
First Occurrence before 1888
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm), height, diameter h: 35, d: 14
Material and features "porphyre rouge et gris"
Style linear
Scene hunting
Bibliography

De Clercq – Menant 1888, 177 no. 305 and pl. XXIX.



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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