Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S00914 |
| Description of the seal image | Three hunters (spearmen) wearing Persian clothing (court robe) thrust a spear at a charging boar coming out of a reed thicket indicating marshland. The three figures partly cover each other, which results in the depiction of the quiver of only the first spearman. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- boar: charging - reed thicket: indicating marshland - hunters (3): spearmen, wearing Persian clothing (court robe), holding a spear with a round butt; the figure on the right has a quiver full of arrows on his back |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum |
| Museum number | VA 3316 |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | acquired in trade in 1904 |
| First occurence | 1904 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 20, d: 11 |
| Material and features | "Chalcedon" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Moortgat 1940, 79, 152 no. 773 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 |