Cylinder Seal with an Ostrich Hunt and an Inscription

8th-7th century BCE (Neo-Elamite)

1.1 cm 2.5 cm

Citation

This scene features a hunting scene with a man riding a horse in a flying gallop pose. The rider holds a spear, ready to throw at a nearby standing ostrich. The text inscribed around the scene is currently untranslated, but it is possibly Elamite. Cylinder seals are cylindrica...

कलाकृति/वस्तु

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35075
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object
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normalized
provenance
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
language
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en
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0
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.443

Terms

संस्कृति
Elamite
माध्यम
rose quartz
विधा
cylinder seals

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