Cylinder Seal

Object Number:

B15248

Current Location:

Collections storage

Provenience:

Iraq
Ur

Date Made:

8th century BC

Early Date:

-800

Late Date:

-700

Section:

Near Eastern

Materials:

Carnelian

Description:

archer in chariot CBS Register: cylinder seal, carnelian UE X: Assyrian chariot with the archer shooting while the driver holds the reins of the galloping horses. The enemy bowman shoots from the ground. He is down on one knee, the other leg being raised against the horses' legs. The wheels have six spokes. There is a flagpole and a lion's mask at the back of the chariot, and star and crescent in the sky. Carnelian cylinder.

Length:

2.5cm

Width:

1cm

Other Number:

U.775	-	Field No SF
UE X: 611	-	Other Number

Bibliography:

[Book] Woolley, C. L. Ur Excavations: The building of the Third Dynasty. VI.

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