Archer hunting gazelle (antelope)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The upper quart of the object has been broken off. The remaining scene is framed by a line border at the top and a line border with triangles pointing outwards at the bottom. A half-kneeling hunter (archer) wearing a tunic aims his bow at a gazelle (antelope). Above the animal is a crescent moon, while behind the archer is a stylised tree with four branches. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line border at the top and line border with triangles pointing outwards at the bottom - crescent moon - gazelle (antelope): head turned backwards - hunter: archer, half-kneeling, wearing a tunic - stylised tree: with four branches |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Iraq Museum |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | the upper quart of the object has been broken off; slightly weathered |
| Culture | Isin II, Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | Ur |
| First occurence | 1951 |
| Registration number | U. 17695A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 37+, d: 15 |
| Material and features | "glazed frit" |
| Style | sintered quartz |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Legrain 1951, 43 no. 616 and pl. 36. Legrain, L.: Ur Excavations, X: Seal Cylinders. (Ur Excavations 10) London – Philadelphia, 1951. |