Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S01202 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded, camel-riding royal hero (spearman) wearing a crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe) aims his spear at a rampant lion. The camel is a dromedary. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- camel: one-humped, dromedary - lion: rampant - royal hero: bearded, camel rider, spearman, wearing a crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée du Louvre – De Clercq Collection |
| Museum number | AO 22357 – De Clercq 370 bis |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | ex-de Clercq Collection; donated to the Musée du Louvre by Henri Louis Marie Martin de Boisgelin in 1967 |
| First occurence | before 1888 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 23, d: 10 |
| Material and features | "agate saphirine" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
De Clercq – Menant 1888, 199 no. 370 bis and pl. XXXVIII. De Clercq, L. – Menant, J.: Collection de Clercq: Catalogue méthodique et raisonné. Antiquités assyriennes: Cylindres orientaux, cachets, briques, bronzes, bas-reliefs, etc. I: Cylindres orientaux. I: Texte – II: Planches et carte. Paris, 1888. |
| 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. GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |