Archer hunting bull from chariot
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by guilloche borders at the top and bottom. A bearded hunter (archer) wearing a long, double-belted robe aims his bow at a rampant bull. Next to him stands a charioteer holding the reins of two horses (one depicted). The chariot has a six-spoked wheel and a tasselled spear with a round butt in the back. The horse has a feather crest on its head. Above it is an eight-rayed, globe-centred star and the Sibitti (Pleiades), while below are two globes, a small and a large. A crescent moon appears above the archer's left hand. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): guilloche borders at the top and bottom - bull: rampant, head turned backwards - chariot: six-spoked wheel, tasselled spear with a round butt in the back - charioteer: holding reins - crescent moon - globes (2): small and large - horses (2): possibly two, with a feather crest on their heads - hunter: archer, wearing a long, double-belted robe - Sibitti (Pleiades) - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Chiha Collection |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges; scattered small faults on the entire field; slightly barrel-shaped |
| 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: 26, d: 13–15 |
| Material and features | "calcédoine laiteuse" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | chariot, hunting |
| Bibliography |
Doumet 1992, 82 no. 152. Doumet, C.: Sceaux et cylindres orientaux: la collection Chiha. (Orbis Biblicus Orientalis, Series Archaeologica 9) Fribourg – Göttingen, 1992. |