Hero (archer) hunting horned serpent (bashmu)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A hero (archer) wearing a long robe aims his bow at a coiled-up horned serpent (bashmu). |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - hero: archer, wearing a long robe - horned serpent (bashmu): coiled-up |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Iraq Museum |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | slightly weathered |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | Ur |
| First occurence | 1951 |
| Registration number | U. 16124 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 28, d: 8 |
| Material and features | "glazed frit" |
| Style | sintered quartz |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Legrain 1951, 43 no. 613 and pl. 36. Legrain, L.: Ur Excavations, X: Seal Cylinders (Ur Excavations 10) London – Philadelphia, 1951. |