Hero (archer) hunting human-headed winged bull (aladlammu)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A hero (archer) wearing a long robe, with a fringed lower edge aims his bow at a human-headed winged bull (aladlammu). He seems to have a quiver full of arrows on his back. Between the two figures is a small arch-and-net tree. Above the hybrid creature is a crescent moon. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- arch-and-net tree: small - crescent moon - hero: archer, wearing a long robe, with a fringed lower edge, appears to have a quiver full of arrows on his back - human-headed winged bull (aladlammu): striding |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Chiha Collection |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | worn; 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: 25, d: 10 |
| Material and features | "faïence blanche" |
| Style | sintered quartz |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Doumet 1992, 78 no. 139. Doumet, C.: Sceaux et cylindres orientaux: la collection Chiha. (Orbis Biblicus Orientalis, Series Archaeologica 9) Fribourg – Göttingen, 1992. |