Hero (archer) hunting scorpion-tailed bird-man
| 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 scorpion-tailed bird-man. Between and behind them are six wedges in total. |
| 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 - scorpion-tailed bird-man: bearded, striding - wedges (6): cuneiform |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A |
| Condition, shape | damaged upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | Nimrud (Kalhu) |
| First occurence | 1962 |
| Archaeological context | late occupation inside the west wall of Fort Shalmaneser |
| Registration number | ND 8090 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 25, d: N/A |
| Material and features | "grey stone" |
| Style | sintered quartz |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Parker 1962, 36 no. ND.8090 and pl. XVIII: 6. Parker, B.: “Seals and Seal Impressions from the Nimrud Excavations, 1955–58”, Iraq 24 (1962), 26–40. |