Hero (archer) hunting a dragon


Hero (archer) hunting a dragon
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image A hero (archer) aims his bow at a winged dragon.
Figures, motifs/symbols - dragon: winged
- hero: archer
Subcategory bead cylinder seal
Collection Penn Museum
Museum Number B14356 – CBS 14356
Condition, shape slightly weathered
Culture / Production Place Neo-Babylonian
Provenance excavated at Nippur in 1894
First Occurrence 1894
Archaeological context Nippur, hill VIII
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm), height, diameter h: 12, d: 6
Material and features "green glazed pottery"
Style sintered quartz
Scene hunting
Bibliography

Legrain 1925, 313 no. 649 and pl. XXXIII.



Legrain, L.: The Culture of the Babylonians. From Their Seals in the Collections of the Museum. I–II. (Publications of the Babylonian Section 14) Philadelphia, 1925.