Stamp Seal
| Object Number: | B14542 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Elamite |
| Provenience: | Iraq |
| Period: | Archaic |
| Date Made: | pre 3000 BC |
| Early Date: | -3500 |
| Late Date: | -3000 |
| Section: | Near Eastern |
| Materials: | Marble (Stone) |
| Iconography: | Hunter Dog |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number: | PBS XIV: 1h - Other Number |
Description
black, flat, rectangular. convex back with eight dots. images of hunter and dogs. Elamite Style
PBS XIV: a nude hunter and three dogs. the hunter is an awkward figure, with bird like head, one arm extended, the other hanging and holding a curved stick or club. The uncertain line over the shoulder may represent a bow. The horned head between the dogs may represent the game, antelope or ibex. There is a flat crescent above and a second unfinished, nude hunter below. rough work with burr and point. flat rectangular seal, with convex back, adorned with eight large dots. black marble, 47 x 28 mm. MS. Coll.
CBS Register: flat rectangular seal. convex back with 8 dots, black marble. Archaic, before 3000 BC. Elamite style, hunter, dogs.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Legrain, Leon. 1925. The Culture of the Babylonians.. The University Museum, Publications of the Babylonian Section. Vol. XIV. | View Objects related to this reference |
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