Royal hero (archer) hunting lion and boar with dog (hound)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The royal hero (archer), wearing a crenellated crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe), aims his bow at a jumping lioness while his hunting dog (hound) attacks a boar. The archer has a tasselled quiver on his back and holds an extra arrow in his left hand. The lioness already has two arrows sticking out of its head. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- boar: charging - dog (hound): jumping - lioness: jumping, with swollen teats, head turned backwards - royal hero: archer, hunter, wearing a crenellated crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe), has a tasselled quiver on his back and holds an extra arrow in his left hand |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée du Louvre |
| Museum number | MT |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | excavated in Susa in 1936 |
| First occurence | 1943 |
| Archaeological context | Ville Royale |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 33, d: 16 |
| Material and features | "calcaire gris" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Mecquenem 1943, 67 fig. 58. Mecquenem, R. de: “Fouilles de Suse, 1933-1938.” In: Mecquenem, R. de et al. (eds.) Mission de Susiane. (Mémoires de la Mission Archéologique en Iran 29) Paris, 1943, 3–161. Amiet 1972, 285 no. 2204 and pl. 189. 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. |