Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S00912 |
| Description of the seal image | A hunter (archer) wearing a Median garment and headgear (bashlyk) aims his bow at a rampant lion. Behind the lion, there is another hunter (spearman) wearing Persian clothing (court robe), thrusting his spear at the lion. The animal already has an arrow sticking out of its forehead. All figures are standing on a groundline. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- groundline - hunter 1: archer, wearing a Median garment and headgear (bashlyk) - hunter 2: spearman, wearing Persian clothing (court robe), holding a spear with a round butt - lion: rampant, with an arrow sticking out of its forehead |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum |
| Museum number | VA 4291 |
| Condition, shape | worn |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | excavated at Toprakkale |
| First occurence | 1940 |
| Archaeological context | Toprakkale |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 35, d: 18 |
| Material and features | "Lapislazuli" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Moortgat 1940, 79, 152 no. 771 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 |