Spearman hunting wild goat (ibex)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A horse-riding hunter (spearman) wearing a Median garment and headdress (bashlyk) aims his barbed spear at a fleeing wild goat (ibex). The latter already has a similar but shorter spear in its back. Above the animal is a crescent moon. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - horse: galloping - hunter: horse rider, spearman, wearing a Median garment and headdress (bashlyk), holding a barbed spear - wild goat (ibex): fleeing, jumping, has a barbed spear sticking out of its back |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée du Louvre |
| Museum number | AO 2612 – CCO A. 788 |
| Condition, shape | small, scattered faults around the figures |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | acquired in 1893 |
| First occurence | 1893 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 32, d: 15 |
| Material and features | "calcédoine blanche" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Delaporte 1923, 175 no. A. 788 and pl. 91: 26. Delaporte, L.: Musée du Louvre. Catalogue des cylindres. Cachets et pierres gravées de style oriental. II: Acquisitions. Paris, 1923. |