Scorpion-tailed bird man (archer) hunting rampant lion attacked by dog (hound)


Scorpion-tailed bird man (archer) hunting rampant lion attacked by dog (hound)
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image A scorpion-tailed bird-man (archer) wearing a brimmed headdress and the upper part of a Persian court robe aims his bow at a rampant lion being attacked by a hunting dog (hound). The lion already has two arrows sticking out of its forehead.
Figures, motifs/symbols - dog (hound)
- lion: rampant, with two arrows sticking out of its forehead
- scorpion-tailed bird-man: archer, wearing a brimmed headdress and the upper part of a Persian court robe, human upper body, scorpion lower body, bird talons and wings
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Musée du Louvre
Museum number MNB 1909 – CCO A. 714
Culture Achaemenid
Provenance acquired in 1880
First occurence 1880
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 25, d: 12
Material and features "pierre grise"
Style modelled
Scene hunting
Bibliography

Delaporte 1923, 169 no. A. 714 and pl. 89: 14.



Delaporte, L.: Musée du Louvre. Catalogue des cylindres. Cachets et pierres gravées de style oriental. II: Acquisitions. Paris, 1923.