Hero (archer) hunting horned serpent (bashmu)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded hero (archer), wearing a long, triple-belted robe with a fringed lower edge, aims his bow at a coiled-up horned serpent (bashmu). The archer has a quiver full of arrows on his back. Between the two figures is a small stylised plant (arch-and-net tree), while above the serpent is a crescent moon. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - hero: archer, hunter, bearded, wearing a long, triple-belted robe with a fringed lower edge, has a quiver full of arrows on his back - horned serpent (bashmu): coiled-up - stylised plant (arch-and-net tree): small |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia |
| Museum number | UM 65-31-402 |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | Tepe Hasanlu |
| First occurence | between 1956-1977 (excavations) |
| Archaeological context | Burned Building II, Room 7. (the findspot was inadvertently not recorded on the field card, but has been surmised on the basis of the sequence of field numbers and registration system Dyson: personal communication) |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 24.3, d: 19.9 |
| Material and features | "beige unglazed composite material" |
| Style | sintered quartz |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Marcus 1996, 116–117 no. 60 and pl. 19. 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. |