S05175
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A lion-headed bird-man (archer) turns backwards while aiming his bow at a winged centaur-like creature (Pabilsag) aiming at him in turn. The latter is depicted wearing a rectangular headdress jumping over a hunting dog (hound). |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- dog (hound) - lion-headed bird-man: archer, turning backwards -winged centaur-like creature (Pabilsag): archer, jumping, wearing a rectangular headdress |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée du Louvre |
| Museum number | MT 26 |
| Culture | Achaemenid, Neo-Elamite |
| Provenance | Susa |
| First occurence | 1938 |
| Archaeological context | Tell Apadana |
| Registration number | MT 26 |
| Material and features | "pierre gris foncé" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest, hunting |
| Bibliography |
Amiet 1972, 282 no. 2190 and pl. 187. Amiet, P.: Glyptique susienne des origines à l’époque des perses achéménides. Cachets, sceaux-cylindres et empreintes antiques découverts à Suse de 1913 à 1967. I: Texte – II: Planches (Mémoires de la Délégation Archéologique en Iran 43: Mission de Susiane) Paris, 1972. |