Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02501 |
| Description of the seal image | A horse-riding hunter (spearman) wearing a nomadic garment and headdress (bashlyk) aims his spear at a rampant lion. The spear is barbed and has a round butt at its end. The rider has a bow case (gorytos) at his waist and is sitting on a fringed saddle rug. Next to the horse is a hunting dog (hound) heading towards the lion. Above the latter is a winged sun-disc. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- dog (hound) - horse: galloping, has a fringed saddle rug on its back - hunter: spearman, wearing a nomadic garment and headdress (bashlyk), has a bow case (gorytos) at his waist, holding a barbed spear with a round butt at its end - lion: rampant - winged sun-disc |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Buffalo Museum of Science |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | gift of Mr and Mrs Chauncey J. Hamlin |
| First occurence | 1944 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | N/A |
| Material and features | N/A |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Ingholt 1944, 11 and 12 no. 29. Ingholt, H.: “World-famous Cylinder Seals Reflect 3,000 Years of History”. Hobbies: The Magazine of the Buffalo Museum of Science 25/1 (1944) 2–12. |
| 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 (26 February 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |