Archer hunting lion and wild goat (ibex)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hunter (archer) wearing a double-belted robe with a hatched pattern aims his bow at a rampant lion attacking a rampant wild goat (ibex). Between them is a crescent moon in the sky. The lion has an arrow sticking out of its open mouth. Above the wild goat's head is an eight-rayed star. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - hunter: archer, bearded, wearing a double-belted robe with a hatched pattern - lion: rampant, head turned backwards, with an arrow sticking out of its open mouth - star: eight-rayed - wild goat (ibex): rampant |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée du Louvre |
| Museum number | AO 4530 – CCO A. 674 |
| Culture | Achaemenid, Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | N/A |
| First occurence | 1923 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 35, d: 10 |
| Material and features | "agate veinée, brune et blanche" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Delaporte 1923, 165 no. A. 674 and pl. 87: 17. Delaporte, L.: Musée du Louvre. Catalogue des cylindres. Cachets et pierres gravées de style oriental. II: Acquisitions. Paris, 1923. |