Hero (archer) hunting scorpion-tailed griffin


Hero (archer) hunting scorpion-tailed griffin
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A half-kneeling bearded hero (archer) wearing a long, broad-belted robe with a fringed lower edge aims his bow at a rampant scorpion-tailed griffin. The archer is further armed with a sword at his waist and has tasselled a quiver full of arrows on his back. Between the two figures is a small stylised plant.
Figures, motifs/symbols - borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom
- hero: archer, hunter, bearded, half-kneeling, wearing a long, broad-belted robe with a fringed lower edge, armed with a sword at his waist and has a tasselled quiver full of arrows on his back
- scorpion-tailed griffin: rampant, crested, winged, raising a forepaw
- stylised plant: small
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Muze-ye Iran-e Bastan
Museum number N/A
Condition, shape worn
Culture Neo-Assyrian
Provenance Tepe Hasanlu
First occurence between 1956-1977 (excavations)
Archaeological context Burned Building IV-V, southwest corner of Roo m 1, above floor level; found near lion pin (HAS 72-160)
Registration number HAS 72-157
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 36 (47 with caps and suspension loop), d: 11.5
Material and features "brown stone", with bronze caps and suspension loop
Style linear
Scene hunting
Bibliography

Marcus 1996, 115 no. 58 and pl. 18.



Marcus, M.I.: Emblems of Identity and Prestige: The Seals and Sealings from Hasanlu, Iran: Commentary and Catalog. (University Museum Monograph 84. Hasanlu Special Studies 3) Philadelphia, 1996.