Archer hunting ostrich
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A half-kneeling, bearded hunter (archer) wearing a double-belted tunic aims his bow at an ostrich flapping its wings. The archer has a quiver full of arrows on his back. Between the two figures, there is a wedge. Above the bird is a crescent moon, while below is a plant, probably an arch-and-net tree. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - hunter: archer, bearded, half-kneeling, wearing a double-belted tunic; with a quiver full of arrows in his back - ostrich: flapping its wings - plant: probably an arch-and-net tree - wedge: cuneiform |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Bibel+Orient Museum, Freiburg / Bibel+Orient Museum, Fribourg |
| Museum Number | VR 1981.96 |
| Culture / Production Place | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | N/A |
| First Occurrence | 1981 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm), height, diameter | h: 39, d: 14.1 |
| Material and features | "dunkelbeiges Kompositmaterial, Keramik, minimale Spuren von grüner Glasur" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Keel-Leu – Teissier 2004, 174, 405 and 439 no. 166. Keel-Leu, H. J. – Teissier, B.: Die vorderasiatischen Rollsiegel der Sammlungen «Bibel+Orient» der Universität Freiburg Schweiz = The Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals of the Collections «Bible+Orient» of the University of Fribourg. (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 200) Fribourg – Göttingen, 2004. |