Spearmen on horseback hunting gazelle and spearman on foot hunting bull with dog (hound)


Spearmen on horseback hunting gazelle and spearman on foot hunting bull with dog (hound)
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image A horse-riding hunter (spearman) aims his spear at jumping gazelle (antelope). The latter already has a spear sticking out of its back. Below them are a crescent moon and two seven-rayed, globe-centred stars. Another spearman on foot chases a larger quadruped, likely a bull, and aims his spear at it. Below the bull is a smaller animal, probably a dog (hound). All spears in the scene have round butts.
Figures, motifs/symbols - bull
- crescent moon
- dog (hound)
- gazelle (antelope): jumping
- horse
- hunter 1: horse rider, aiming a spear with a round butt
- hunter 2: on foot, aiming a spear with a round butt
- stars (2): seven-rayed, globe-centred
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection ex-Mrs William H. Moore Collection
Museum Number Mrs Moore 68
Condition, shape slightly worn
Culture / Production Place Neo-Assyrian
Provenance ex-Mrs William H. Moore Collection
First Occurrence before 1940
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm), height, diameter h: 22, d: 14
Material and features "steatite"
Style linear
Scene hunting
Bibliography

Eisen 1940, 51 no. 75. and pl. IX.



Eisen, G. A.: Ancient Oriental Cylinder and Other Seals with a Description of the Collection of Mrs. William H. Moore. (Oriental Institute Publications 47) Chicago, 1940.