Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02426 |
| Description of the seal image | A horse-riding hunter (spearman) wearing a Median garment and headdress (bashlyk) aims his barbed spear at a fleeing wild goat (ibex). The latter already has a similar but shorter spear in its back. Above the animal is a crescent moon. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - horse: galloping - hunter: horse rider, spearman, wearing a Median garment and headdress (bashlyk), holding a barbed spear - wild goat (ibex): fleeing, jumping, has a barbed spear sticking out of its back |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée du Louvre |
| Museum number | AO 2612 – CCO A. 788 |
| Condition, shape | small, scattered faults around the figures |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | acquired in 1893 |
| First occurence | 1893 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 32, d: 15 |
| Material and features | "calcédoine blanche" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Delaporte 1923, 175 no. A. 788 and pl. 91: 26. Delaporte, L.: Musée du Louvre. Catalogue des cylindres. Cachets et pierres gravées de style oriental. II: Acquisitions. Paris, 1923. |
| 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 (20 February 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |