Archer hunting deer (stag)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by two bands of quadruple diagonal notches arranged in opposing pairs. A bearded hunter (archer) wearing a long, broad-belted robe with a fringed lower edge aims his bow at a stumbling deer (stag). The archer is further armed with a sword at his waist. Between the two figures is a rhomb, while above the deer are the Sibitti (Pleiades). Between the deer's legs are single wedges. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): two bands of quadruple diagonal notches arranged in opposing pairs - deer: stag, stumbling, head turned backwards - hunter: archer, bearded, wearing a long, broad-belted robe with a fringed lower edge, has a sword at his waist - Sibitti (Pleiades) - wedges (5): cuneiform |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia |
| Museum number | UM 61-5-20 |
| Culture | Iranian, Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | Tepe Hasanlu |
| First occurence | between 1956-1977 (excavations) |
| Archaeological context | gate into Lower Court, on slab stone footing of southernmost column base at western entrance into Room 1 |
| Registration number | HAS 60-108 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 32.7, d: 11.4 |
| Material and features | "black marble", bronze tin suspension pin in perforation, splayed at bottom, with remnants of looped end at top |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Marcus 1996, 118 no. 63 and pl. 20. 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. |