Archer hunting wild goat (ibex) or gazelle (antelope)


Archer hunting wild goat (ibex) or gazelle (antelope)
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image A half-kneeling, bearded hunter (archer) aims his bow at a rampant wild goat (ibex) or gazelle (antelope).
Figures, motifs/symbols - hunter: archer, half-kneeling, bearded
- wild goat (ibex) or gazelle (antelope)
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Iraq Museum
Museum number N/A
Condition, shape worn and damaged
Culture Neo-Babylonian
Provenance Ur
First occurence 1951
Archaeological context Dq.
Registration number U. 17740
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 20, d: 9
Material and features "limestone"
Style linear
Scene hunting
Bibliography

Legrain 1951, 43 no. 617 and pl. 36.



Legrain, L.: Ur Excavations, X: Seal Cylinders. (Ur Excavations 10) London – Philadelphia, 1951.