Hero (archer) hunting giant scorpion
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded hero (archer), wearing a long, broad-belted robe with a fringed lower edge, aims his bow at a giant scorpion. The archer seems to have a quiver on his back. Between the two figures is a stylised plant (arch-and-net tree), while behind them is possibly a rhomb. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - hero: archer, hunter, bearded, wearing a long, broad-belted robe with a fringed lower edge, has a quiver on his back - rhomb - scorpion: giant, upright - stylised plant (arch-and-net tree) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A |
| Condition, shape | slightly weathered |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | Nimrud (Kalhu) |
| First occurence | 1962 |
| Archaeological context | from PG.21 |
| Registration number | ND 6092 |
| Material and features | "terracotta" |
| Style | sintered quartz |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Parker 1962, 34 no. ND.6092 and pl. XVII: 3. Parker, B.: “Seals and Seal Impressions from the Nimrud Excavations, 1955–58”, Iraq 24 (1962), 26–40. |