Hero (archer) hunting horned serpent (bashmu)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A hero (archer) seemingly wearing a tunic aims his bow at a coiled-up, riding horned serpent (bashmu). |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - hero: archer, seemingly wearing a tunic - horned serpent (bashmu): coiled-up, rising |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Chiha Collection |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | damaged upper and lower edges; 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: 24.5, d: 8.5 |
| Material and features | "faïence blanche recouverte de traces de glaçure bleue" |
| Style | sintered quartz |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Doumet 1992, 78 no. 141. Doumet, C.: Sceaux et cylindres orientaux: la collection Chiha. (Orbis Biblicus Orientalis, Series Archaeologica 9) Fribourg – Göttingen, 1992. |