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 | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | possibly acquired from the collection of Hormuzd Rassam, through Spartali & Co |
| First occurence | 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.
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