Hero (archer) hunting human-headed winged bull (aladlammu)
| 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 broad-belted tunic with a fringed lower edge aims his bow at a human-headed winged bull (aladlammu) wearing a girdle around its genital area. The archer has tasselled a quiver full of arrows on his back. In the sky are a crescent moon and a five-rayed, hollow-centred star. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - hero: archer, hunter, bearded, wearing a broad-belted tunic with a fringed lower edge, has tasselled a quiver full of arrows on his back - human-headed winged bull (aladlammu): wearing a girdle around its genital area - star: five-rayed, hollow-centred |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Museum number | MMA 61.100.81 |
| Condition, shape | worn, damaged |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | Tepe Hasanlu |
| First occurence | between 1956-1977 (excavations) |
| Archaeological context | Burned Building II, northeast corner of Room 5, floor; found beside skeleton (Skel. 147) together with many beads (HAS 60-655) |
| Registration number | HAS 60-90 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 35.5, d: 13.5 |
| Material and features | "grey clayey limestone", green stains at both ends from copper/bronze caps, now missing |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Marcus 1996, 120–121 no. 67 and pl. 21. 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. |