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 |