Divine hero (archer) hunting winged bull


Divine hero (archer) hunting winged bull
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image The lower half of the object has been broken off. The remaining scene is framed by a line border at the top. A bearded divine hero (archer) wearing a horned headdress aims his bow at a rampant winged bull. Above the latter are a crescent moon and single wedges on each side.
Figures, motifs/symbols - borderline: line border at the top (the lower half of the object has been broken off)
- crescent moon
- divine hero: winged, bearded, wearing a horned headdress
- wedges (2): cuneiform
- winged bull: rampant, head turned backwards
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Bibliothèque nationale de France / BnF
Museum Number Delaporte.316
Condition, shape upper half of the object has been broken off; slightly damaged
Culture / Production Place Neo-Assyrian
Provenance acquired in 1857
First Occurrence 1857
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm), height, diameter h: 17+, d: 14
Material and features "serpentine"
Style linear
Scene hunting
Bibliography

Delaporte 1910, 177 no. 316 and pl. XXI.



Delaporte, L.: Catalogue des cylindres orientaux et des cachets assyro-babyloniens, perses et syro-cappadociens de la Bibliothèque Nationale. I–II. Paris, 1910.