Horse-riding archer hunting wild goat (ibex)


Horse-riding archer hunting wild goat (ibex)
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image A horse-riding, bearded hunter (archer) wearing a headband and belted clothing aims his bow at a rampant wild goat (ibex). The horse has a long saddle rug on its back hanging down below its belly. Next to the wild goat, a cock appears.
Figures, motifs/symbols - bird: cock
- horse: charging, has a long saddle rug on its back hanging down below its belly
- hunter: horse rider, archer, bearded, wearing a headband and belted clothing
- wild goat (ibex): rampant, head turned backwards
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection The British Museum
Museum Number BM ANE 89507 – 1879-7-8, 366
Condition, shape barrel-shaped; probably reworked from a bead
Culture / Production Place Achaemenid
Provenance possibly acquired from the collection of Hormuzd Rassam, through Spartali & Co
First Occurrence 1879
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm), height, diameter h: 19, d: 8.5–9 (10)
Material and features "hematite: black"
Style linear
Scene hunting
Bibliography

Merrillees 2005, 48–49 no. 7 and pl. IV.



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.