Hero (archer) hunting horned serpent (bashmu)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero (archer), wearing a long robe, aims his bow at a coiled-up horned serpent (bashmu). The archer has a sword at his waist and holds a straight object in his raised right hand. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- hero: archer, hunter, wearing a long robe, has a sword at his waist and holds a straight object in his raised right hand - horned serpent (bashmu): coiled-up |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian, North Syrian |
| Provenance | Nimrud (Kalhu) |
| First occurence | 1962 |
| Archaeological context | Assyrian pavement in room 1 of AB building |
| Registration number | ND 6023 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 22, d: N/A |
| Material and features | "glazed limestone" |
| Style | sintered quartz |
| Scene | contest, hunting |
| Bibliography |
Parker 1962, 33 no. ND.6023 and pl. XVI: 5. Parker, B.: “Seals and Seal Impressions from the Nimrud Excavations, 1955–58”, Iraq 24 (1962), 26–40. |