Horse-riding spearman hunting deer

Object no. S00927
Description of the seal image A horse-riding, beardless hunter (spearman) wearing a double-belted tunic aims his spear at a rampant deer (stag). The spear is barbed and has a round butt at the end. The horse has a tassel on its belly and one on its tail.
Figures, motifs/symbols - deer: stag, rampant, head turned backwards
- horse: charging, with a tassel on its belly and one on its tail
- hunter: horse rider, spearman, beardless, wearing a double-belted tunic, holding a barbed spear with a round butt at the end
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection The British Museum
Museum Number BM ANE 103013 – 1909-5-10, 8
Condition, shape "chipped at the back of the horseman's head" (Merrillees 2005, 47 no. 3)
Culture / Production Place Neo-Elamite
Provenance acquired from J. J. Naaman
First Occurrence 1909
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm), height, diameter h: 22, d: 9
Material and features "limestone (siliceous): streaked, red and pale brown"
Style modelled
Scene hunting
Bibliography

Merrillees 2005, 47 no. 3 and pl. III.



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
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