Category:Seal-Sb 2125

Sb 2125

Seal-Sb 2125 

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Instance of	archaeological artefact
Made from material	clay
Location	Room 232, Richelieu Wing, Louvre Palace, 1st arrondissement of Paris, Paris Centre, Paris, Grand Paris, France
Location of discovery	Susa
Owned by	French State
Collection	Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre
Inventory number	SB 2125 (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre) MDP XLIII 695 (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre) AS 15361 383 (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre) MDP XVI 383 (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre)
Inception	4th millennium BC
Length	5 cm 2.2 cm
Height	5.8 cm 2.9 cm
Authority file  Q115610928 Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010176193 Reasonator Scholia Wikidocumentaries PetScan statistics WikiMap Locator tool KML file Search depicted

Louvre Museum notice

King-priest with bow fighting enemies, with horned temple. 4th millennium BCE (3800-3100 BCE, Susa II), Susa, Iran. Louvre Museum Sb 2125.
Reconstruction of this seal in (5 November 2024). "Seals and signs: tracing the origins of writing in ancient South-west Asia". Antiquity: 1–19, Fig. 3. DOI:10.15184/aqy.2024.165. (Uruk period seal pictograms, transitionning to Pre-Cuneiform pictographic symbols).

"Fragment of sealing bubble with two incomplete imprints of the same cylinder. Beside, king-priest fighting with an arc and defeated enemy pierced with arrows. From left to right: character standing to the right, wearing a bun, a thin headband and a large beard, dressed in a bell-shaped skirt falling at the knees. He pulls his bow towards three characters riddled with arrows. The first, half seated, has the thigh pierced with an arrow which he seeks to tear with one hand, the other being lifted; The second, in a slightly different attitude, has a pierced belly; The third ramps, while turning his back, the kidneys pierced with an arrow. Right, temple on a niche terrace decorated with square loopholes, pilasters, and cornice decorated with false slots. Terrace roof temple decorated with at least a sharp appendage; Corniche and Clear-Voie gallery, above two different doors. On both sides, three pairs of bovid horns attached to the walls" in Louvre Museum notice