Horse-riding spearman hunting deer
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A horse-riding, beardless hunter (spearman) wearing a double-belted tunic aims his spear at a rampant deer (stag). The spear is barbed and has a round butt at the end. The horse has a tassel on its belly and one on its tail. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- deer: stag, rampant, head turned backwards - horse: charging, with a tassel on its belly and one on its tail - hunter: horse rider, spearman, beardless, wearing a double-belted tunic, holding a barbed spear with a round butt at the end |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The British Museum |
| Museum number | BM ANE 103013 – 1909-5-10, 8 |
| Condition, shape | "chipped at the back of the horseman's head" (Merrillees 2005, 47 no. 3) |
| Culture | Neo-Elamite |
| Provenance | acquired from J. J. Naaman |
| First occurence | 1909 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 22, d: 9 |
| Material and features | "limestone (siliceous): streaked, red and pale brown" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Merrillees 2005, 47 no. 3 and pl. III. Merrillees, P. H.: Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals VI: Pre-Achaemenid and Achaemenid Periods. (Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals 6) London, 2005. |