Hero (archer) hunting horned serpent (bashmu)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by a line border at the bottom. A hero (archer), wearing a long robe, aims his bow at a coiled-up horned serpent (bashmu). Between them are traces of a stylised plant. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderline: line border at the bottom - hero: archer, hunter, wearing a long robe - horned serpent (bashmu): coiled-up - stylised plant: traces |
| Subcategory | sealing (cylinder seal) |
| Collection | N/A |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | Nush-i Jan |
| Registration number | NU 27/20 |
| Material and features | N/A |
| Style | sintered quartz |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Curtis 1984, 25 no. 236, fig. 4: 236, pl. XI: 236. Curtis, J.E.: Nush-I Jan III: The Small Finds. (British Institute of Persian Studies) London, 1984. Collon 2005, 84–85 no. 387. Collon, D.: First Impressions: Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East [First published in 1987] London, 2005. |