Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02448 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A horse-riding hunter (archer) wearing a short tunic with a fringed lower edge turns backwards and aims his bow at a galloping bull (performing a Parthian shot). There seems to be another horse beside the other. A large and a small crescent moon is above the bull's head and above the horses' heads, respectively. There is a six-rayed star above the bull's raised foreleg, while probably an unfinished rhomb appears below it, likely representing a plant. Between the necks of the horses and the bull is a wedge. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - bull: galloping - crescent moon 1: large - crescent moon 2: small, with a serrated arc on one side - horses (2): galloping - hunter: horse rider, archer, wearing a short tunic with a fringed lower edge - rhomb: unfinished (?) - star: six-rayed - wedge: cuneiform |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Chiha Collection |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | acquired by Michel Chiha in trade in Lebanon between 1925 and 1945; Chiha Collection |
| First occurence | before 1945 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 32.5, d: 13.5 |
| Material and features | "serpentine noire" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Doumet 1992, 77 no. 136. Doumet, C.: Sceaux et cylindres orientaux: la collection Chiha. (Orbis Biblicus Orientalis, Series Archaeologica 9) Fribourg – Göttingen, 1992. |
| 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 MNy and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (22 February 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |