Three Persian spearmen hunting boar in reed thicket
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| 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. |