Archer hunting wild goat (ibex)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A half-kneeling hunter (archer) wearing a tunic aims his bow at a striding wild goat (ibex). Above the latter is a fish, while an ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree) is below it. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree) - fish - hunter: archer, half-kneeling, wearing a tunic - wild goat (ibex): striding |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée du Louvre |
| Museum number | Sb 6243 (H 359) |
| Culture | Neo-Elamite |
| Provenance | found in Susa in 1925 |
| First occurence | 1925 |
| Registration number | Sb 6243 (H 359) |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 23, d: 9 |
| Material and features | "bitume" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Mecquenem 1927, 11 and 18 no. 45. Mecquenem, R. de: “Inventaire de cachets et cylindres (Suse 1925–1926).” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 24 (1927), 7–21. Amiet 1972, 279 no. 2159 and pl. 186. 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. |