Archer hunting mouflon


Archer hunting mouflon
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image The scene is framed by a line border at the bottom. A hunter (archer) aims his bow at a rampant mouflon. Behind him is a stylised tree with an undulating line running around it.
Figures, motifs/symbols - borderline: line border at the bottom
- hunter: archer
- mouflon: rampant, head turned backwards
- stylised tree: with an undulating line running around it
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Habib Anavian Collection
Museum number N/A
Condition, shape slightly damaged upper and lower edges; worn
Culture Iranian, Neo-Elamite
Provenance ex-Habib Anavian Collection
First occurence before 1979
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 32, d: 13
Material and features "yellowish brown quartzite (?)"
Style linear
Scene hunting
Bibliography

Volk 1979, no. 166.



Volk, J. G.: Habib Anavian Collection. Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder and Stamp Seals from the Early 6th Millennium B.C. to 651 A.D. New York, 1979.