Two male figures and two mouflons in boat


Two male figures and two mouflons in boat
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image The scene depicts two male figures and two mouflons in a boat. The human figures wear pointy headdresses and triple-belted, fringed and tasselled tunics. The figure on the left steps up to the side of the boat while holding a spear-like but bent object. The figure in the back stands holding the oar. Between them is an eight-rayed, globe-centred star on a stand. The mouflons stand on the edges of the boat and look in opposite directions.
Figures, motifs/symbols - boat
- human figure 1: bearded, wearing a pointy headdress and a double-belted, fringed and tasselled tunic, holding a spear-like but bent object
- human figure 2: bearded, wearing a pointy headdress and a double-belted, fringed and tasselled tunic, holding an oar
- mouflons (2): with bunched legs
- star: eight-rayed, globe-centred, with double rays, on a stand
- water: indicated by parallel, wavy lines
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Buffalo Museum of Science
Museum number N/A
Culture Middle Assyrian
Provenance gift of Mr and Mrs Chauncey J. Hamlin
First occurence 1944
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter N/A
Material and features N/A
Translation N/A
Bibliography

Ingholt 1944, 8 and 9 no. 20.



Ingholt, H.: “World-famous Cylinder Seals Reflect 3,000 Years of History”. Hobbies: The Magazine of the Buffalo Museum of Science 25/1 (1944) 2–12.