Hero (archer) hunting hybrid creature (winged bull)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The lower third of the object has been broken off. The scene is framed by a line border at the top. A bearded hero (archer) wearing a round headdress and broad-belted clothing aims his bow at a rampant hybrid creature (winged bull). He is further armed with a sword at his waist. Behind the hero, there is a crescent moon, a vertical wedge, and an eight-rayed star. Three further, horizontal wedges appear above the hybrid creature. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderline: line border at the top - crescent moon - hero: archer, hunter, bearded, wearing a round headdress and broad-belted clothing; with a sword at his waist - hybrid creature (winged bull): rampant, winged, horned - wedges (4): cuneiform |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Bibliothèque nationale de France / BnF |
| Museum number | Delaporte.317 |
| Condition, shape | the lower third of the object has been broken off; worn |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | acquired from Paul-Émile Botta in 1846 |
| First occurence | 1846 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 17+, d: 12 |
| Material and features | "serpentine" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Delaporte 1910, 177 no. 317 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. |