Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02464 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by guilloche borders at the top and bottom. A bearded hunter (archer) wearing a long, double-belted robe aims his bow at a rampant bull. Next to him stands a charioteer holding the reins of two horses (one depicted). The chariot has a six-spoked wheel and a tasselled spear with a round butt in the back. The horse has a feather crest on its head. Above it is an eight-rayed, globe-centred star and the Sibitti (Pleiades), while below are two globes, a small and a large. A crescent moon appears above the archer's left hand. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): guilloche borders at the top and bottom - bull: rampant, head turned backwards - chariot: six-spoked wheel, tasselled spear with a round butt in the back - charioteer: holding reins - crescent moon - globes (2): small and large - horses (2): possibly two, with a feather crest on their heads - hunter: archer, wearing a long, double-belted robe - Sibitti (Pleiades) - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Chiha Collection |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges; scattered small faults on the entire field; slightly barrel-shaped |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | acquired by Michel Chiha in trade in Lebanon between 1925 and 1945; Chiha Collection |
| First occurence | before 1945 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 26, d: 13–15 |
| Material and features | "calcédoine laiteuse" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | chariot, hunting |
| Bibliography |
Doumet 1992, 82 no. 152. Doumet, C.: Sceaux et cylindres orientaux: la collection Chiha. (Orbis Biblicus Orientalis, Series Archaeologica 9) Fribourg – Göttingen, 1992. |
| Object history | The publications mentioning the objects in this database were collected and the objects classified by ZN; data for the present object was input and preliminary description of the object done by GE based on the relevant publication provided, then the data was checked by MNy and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (22 February 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |