Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| 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 / Production Place | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | from Sir Austen Henry Layard's expeditions to Mesopotamia between 1845 and 1851 |
| First Occurrence | 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. |
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