Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S00913 |
| Description of the seal image | The figures of the scene are set on a groundline. A hunter (spearman) wearing a Median garment and headgear (bashlyk) thrusts his spear at a charging boar. In his left hand, he holds a tasselled cloth (saddle rug) to lure the animal. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- boar: charging - groundline - hunter: spearman, wearing a Median garment and headgear (bashlyk), holding a barbed spear with a round butt in one hand, and a tasselled cloth (saddle rug) in the other |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum |
| Museum number | VA 6967 |
| Condition, shape | barrel-shaped |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | excavated at Babylon |
| First occurence | 1940 |
| Archaeological context | Babylon |
| Registration number | Bab. 35730 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 30, d: 16 |
| Material and features | "Achat" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Moortgat 1940, 79, 152 no. 772 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 |