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 / Production Place | Achaemenid |
Provenance | excavated at Assur |
First Occurrence | 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 |