Lion attacking bull flanked by hunter (archer) and worshipper
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The upper part of the object is damaged. The remaining scene is framed by a line border at the bottom. A hunter wearing a broad-belted skirt with a fringed lower edge holds a bow in his raised left hand and an arrow in his lowered right. Behind him is a small stylised cactus-like plant, while in front of him is a lion attacking a rampant bull. A worshipper wearing a long robe with a fringed lower edge is facing the bull on the other side. In the sky is a crescent moon. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bull: rampant, head turned backwards - crescent moon - hunter: wearing a broad-belted skirt with a fringed lower edge, holding a bow and an arrow - lion: semi-rampant, raising a forepaw - stylised cactus-like plant: small, with a globular base - worshipper: wearing a long robe with a fringed lower edge |
| Subcategory | sealing (cylinder seal) |
| Collection | Mainz |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges; broken |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | Mainz |
| First occurence | 1968 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 2.2 d: 1.68 (fragment) |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Klumbach – Moortgat-Correns 1968. Klumbach, H. – Moortgat-Correns, U.: “Orienralisches Rollsiegel vom Mainzer Legionslager”. Germania 46 (1968), 36–40. Collon 2005, 138–139 no. 578. Collon, D.: First Impressions: Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East [First published in 1987] London, 2005. |