Archer hunting mouflon
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A half-kneeling hunter (archer) wearing a tunic aims his bow at a rampant mouflon. Between the two figures is a small cactus-like plant, while behind them is an eight-rayed star in the sky. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- cactus-like plant: small - hunter: archer, half-kneeling, wearing a tunic - mouflon: rampant - star: eight-rayed |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Rijksmuseum van Oudheden; formerly kept in the Cabinet Royal des Médailles à la Haye |
| Museum number | M.146 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges, large chips partly distort the figures |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| First occurence | 1878 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 21.5, d: 9.5 |
| Material and features | "cristal de roche", "calcédoine grise" |
| Style | cut |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Menant 1878, 59 no. 146 – 128. Menant, J.: Catalogue des cylindres orientaux du Cabinet Royal des Médailles de La Haye. La Haye, 1878. Zadok-Josephus 1952, 59 no. 44. Zadoks-Josephus J.A.N.: Catalogue sommaire des cylindres orientaux au Cabinet royal des médailles à La Haye. (En collaboration avec R. Frankena) La Haye, 1952. |