Horse-riding hunter pursuing wild goat (ibex)

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Object no.	S00926
Description of the seal image	A horse-riding hunter pursues a wild goat (ibex). He appears to hold a weapon in his raised left hand. Behind the hunter is a stylised tree with a net pattern and globes.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- horse: charging - hunter: horse rider, holding a weapon in his raised left hand - stylised tree: with net pattern and globes - wild goat (ibex): rampant
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	The British Museum
Museum number	BM ANE 138159 – N 1105
Condition, shape	worn
Culture	Achaemenid
Provenance	from Sir Austen Henry Layard's expeditions to Mesopotamia between 1845 and 1851
First occurence	1845–1851
Archaeological context	N/A
Registration number	N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter	h: 30, d: 17.5
Material and features	"Faience: now cream with brown surface, but probably originally glazed. Analysis by XRD and XRF indicated that a copper colourant was probably used, suggesting that the seal was originally turquoise-blue or green (see Chapter Vl.2.10). M.S."
Style	sintered quartz
Scene	hunting
Bibliography	Merrillees 2005, 47 no. 2 and pl. II. Merrillees, P. H.: Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals VI: Pre-Achaemenid and Achaemenid Periods. (Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals 6) 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 MNy and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN. GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai

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Horse-riding hunter pursuing wild goat (ibex)

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