Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S00911 |
| Description of the seal image | A horse-riding hunter (spearman) wearing a nomadic garment and headdress (bashlyk) thrusts his spear (A. Moortgat) at a rampant wild goat (ibex). |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- horse: charging - hunter: horse rider, spearman, wearing a nomadic garment and headdress (bashlyk) - wild goat (ibex): rampant, head turned backwards |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum |
| Museum number | VA 4251 |
| Condition, shape | damaged |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | excavated at Assur |
| First occurence | 1940 |
| Archaeological context | Assur |
| Registration number | Ass 18153 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 34, d: 14 |
| Material and features | "Kalkstein" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Moortgat 1940, 79, 152 no. 770 and Taf. 90. Moortgat, A.: Vorderasiatische Rollsiegel. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Steinschneidekunst. Berlin, 1940. |
| 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 |