Archer hunting bull
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders with triangles pointing outwards at the top and bottom. A half-kneeling hunter (archer) wearing a broad-belted tunic aims his bow at a bull. Between the two figures is a crescent moon, while behind the archer is a nine-rayed star above the spade of Marduk (marru). |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders with triangles pointing outwards at the top and bottom - bull: head turned backwards - crescent moon - hunter: archer, half-kneeling, wearing a broad-belted tunic - spade of Marduk (marru) - star: nine-rayed |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Iraq Museum |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | slightly weathered |
| Culture | Isin II, Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | Ur |
| First occurence | 1951 |
| Registration number | U. 17695B |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 37, d: 13 |
| Material and features | "glazed frit" |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Legrain 1951, 43 no. 615 and pl. 36. Legrain, L.: Ur Excavations, X: Seal Cylinders (Ur Excavations 10) London – Philadelphia, 1951. |