Two Greek hoplites hunting various animals


Two Greek hoplites hunting various animals
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image The scene is divided into two rows at the top and bottom. Above, a half-kneeling hunter (spearman) wearing Greek armour with a leather skirt (pteruges) and a crested helmet aims his spear at a young running bull and two long-eared quadrupeds (possibly does). Below, a similarly dressed, half-kneeling hunter aims his spear at a lion chasing a deer and a running boar.
Figures, motifs/symbols - boar: running
- bull: young
- deer: stag, running, head turned backwards
- hunters (2): half-kneeling, spearmen, wearing Greek armour, crested helmets, leather skirts (pteruges)
- lion: chasing deer
- quadrupeds (2): long-eared, running, possibly deer (doe)
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection ex-Mrs William H. Moore Collection
Museum number Mrs Moore 186
Condition, shape chipped upper edge above the hoplite
Culture Graeco-Persian
Provenance ex-Mrs William H. Moore Collection
First occurence before 1940
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 40, d: 30
Material and features "bone"
Style modelled
Scene hunting
Bibliography

Eisen 1940, 55 no. 106 and pl. XI.



Eisen, G. A.: Ancient Oriental Cylinder and Other Seals with a Description of the Collection of Mrs. William H. Moore. (Oriental Institute Publications 47) Chicago, 1940.