1993.189: Cylinder Seal: Archer Shooting Winged Bull
SealsAn intaglio bright blue, frit object in the shape of a cylinder. It stands upright on a grey background and its ends are flat. It is engraved with lines that form the shapes of a standing, winged horse and a person pulling on a bow and arrow. They are surrounded by other small engravings. The lines are off-white in color.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1993.189
- Title
- Cylinder Seal: Archer Shooting Winged Bull
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Linear Style Cylinder Seal: Figure with a Bow and Arrow
- Classification
- Seals
- Work Type
- seal
- Date
- c. 883-612 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Mesopotamia
- Period
- Neo-Assyrian period
- Culture
- Mesopotamian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/292677
Location
- Location
-
Level 3, Room 3440, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Middle Eastern Art in the Service of Kings
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Frit
- Technique
- Intaglio
- Dimensions
- H: 4.0cm; Diam. 1.3cm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Marcopoli collection, Aleppo, (by 1984). McLendon collection, (by 1993), sold; [through Christie's, New York, June 14, 1993, lot 168], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1993.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund
- Accession Year
- 1993
- Object Number
- 1993.189
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Standing archer aims an arrow at a winged bull retreating toward a bush; crescent moon and Pleiades above.
Exhibition History
- Impressions of Mesopotamia: Seals from the Ancient Near East, Arthur M. Sackler Museum
- 32Q: 3440 Middle East, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050
Subjects and Contexts
- Google Art Project
Verification Level
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