Archer hunting mouflon
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded hunter (archer), wearing a long, broad-belted robe with a fringed lower edge, aims his bow at a striding mouflon. Between the two figures is a small stylised plant (arch-and-net tree) on the ground, and a crescent moon in the sky, while above the mouflon's back is a bird. Behind the archer is a tall ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree). |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bird - borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree) - hunter: archer, bearded, wearing a long, broad-belted robe with a fringed lower edge - mouflon: striding, head turned backwards - stylised plant (arch-and-net tree): small |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Muze-ye Iran-e Bastan |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | Tepe Hasanlu |
| First occurence | between 1956-1977 (excavations) |
| Registration number | HAS 60-1024 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 33, d: 11 |
| Material and features | "Egyiptian blue" |
| Style | sintered quartz |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Marcus 1996, 118–119 no. 64 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. |