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Sigillo cilindrico e impressione moderna: scena di caccia

ca. 2250–2150 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 202
La scena di questo sigillo cilindrico si compone di due gruppi di figure che costituiscono un disegno complessivamente continuo, grazie al paesaggio stilizzato. In un gruppo, due alti alberi delimitano un cacciatore che afferra il corno di uno stambecco. Sopra il cacciatore si nota un’iscrizione cuneiforme che indica il proprietario del sigillo, Balu-ili, un funzionario di corte, coppiere di professione. Nell’altro gruppo appaiono due stambecchi inerpicati sulle montagne, uno di fronte all’altro, con tre alberi nel mezzo. Il sigillo venne eseguito durante il periodo accadico, in cui l’iconografia utilizzata dagli incisori di sigilli si era allargata abbracciando una varietà di soggetti e temi mitologici e narrativi nuovi.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Sigillo cilindrico e impressione moderna: scena di caccia
  • Periodo: Tardo periodo accadico
  • Data: ca. 2200-2100 a.C.
  • Area geografica: Mesopotamia
  • Materiale e tecnica: Selce
  • Dimensioni: Alt. 2,8 cm
  • Crediti: Lascito di W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
  • Numero d'inventario: 41.160.192
  • Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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