Archer hunting wild goat (ibex)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by intermittent line borders at the top and bottom. A hunter (archer) wearing a long, belted robe aims his bow at a striding wild goat (ibex). |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): intermittent line borders at the top and bottom - hunter: archer, wearing a long, belted robe - wild goat (ibex): striding |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Chiha Collection |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | weathered |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | acquired by Michel Chiha in trade in Lebanon between 1925 and 1945; Chiha Collection |
| First occurence | before 1945 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 28, d: 11 |
| Material and features | "stéatite noire" |
| Style | linear, sintered quartz |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Doumet 1992, 77 no. 138. Doumet, C.: Sceaux et cylindres orientaux: la collection Chiha. (Orbis Biblicus Orientalis, Series Archaeologica 9) Fribourg – Göttingen, 1992. |