Archer hunting wild goat (ibex)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by a ladder border at the top and a line border at the bottom. A half-kneeling hunter (archer) wearing a tunic with a fringed lower edge aims his bow at a wild goat (ibex) depicted on a mountain. The latter is indicated by a scaly pattern. Between the two figures is an ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree) below an eight-rayed star, while behind them, arranged in a column are two crescent moons, a fish, a cross or four-rayed star, and a globe. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines: ladder border at the top and line border at the bottom - crescent moons (2) - cross or four-rayed star - ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree) - fish - globe - hunter: archer, half-kneeling, wearing a tunic with a fringed lower edge - mountain - star: eight-rayed - wild goat (ibex) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée de Louvre |
| Museum number | Sb 6270 (I 98) |
| Culture | Iranian, Neo-Elamite |
| Provenance | Susa, excavated in 1926 |
| First occurence | 1926 |
| Registration number | Sb 6270 (I 98) |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 38, d: 9 |
| Material and features | "faïence" |
| Style | sintered quartz |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Mecquenem 1928, 171 and 176 no. 12. Mecquenem, R. de: “Choix d’intailles susiennes.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 25 (1928), 169–177. Amiet 1972, 277 no. 2134 and pl. 185. Amiet, P.: Glyptique susienne des origines à l’époque des perses achéménides. Cachets, sceaux-cylindres et empreintes antiques découverts à Suse de 1913 à 1967. I: Texte – II: Planches (Mémoires de la Délégation Archéologique en Iran 43: Mission de Susiane) Paris, 1972. |