Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S00504 |
| Description of the seal image | A bird-headed apkallu (griffin-demon) breaks off a palm leaf of a stylised tree while stepping on its offshoots. The apkallu is dressed in a quadruple-belted, tasselled tunic. Beyond the tree is a vertically-set, two-line cuneiform inscription framed and separated by rulings. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bird-headed apkallu (griffin demon): wearing a quadruple-belted, tasselled tunic - inscription: cuneiform, vertically-set, two lines, framed and separated by rulings - stylised tree: palmette-type tree with offshoots |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The Morgan Library & Museum |
| Museum number | Morgan Seal 609 |
| Culture | Middle Assyrian |
| Provenance | "acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908" |
| First occurence | between about 1885 and 1908 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 38, d: 15 |
| Material and features | "red sard" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | ritual |
| Writing system, language | cuneiform: Akkadian |
| Transliteration |
1. KIŠIB mti-la-' 2. me-me aš-šur–SUM |
| Translation |
Seal of Tila’ … Aššur-iddin |
| Bibliography |
Porada 1948, 71, 179 no. 609 and pl. LXXXVII Porada, E.: Corpus of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in North American Collections: The Collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library. I: Text – II: Plates. (The Bollingen Series 14) Washington, 1948. |
| 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 description of the object done by MNy based on the relevant publication provided, then object data and description were finalized by ZN (16 July 2026). ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |