Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S01102 |
| Description of the seal image | A fish-man (kulullu) with a crown on his head and a tasselled quiver full of arrows on his back aims his arrow at a rampant lion. The upper body of the hybrid hunter is identical to the Persian royal hero. The lion already has an arrow sticking out of its forehead. In front of the animal are the Sibitti (Pleiades), while behind the hybrid creature is a crescent moon and a curved vertical cut. The field is damaged between the two figures. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - fish-man (kulullu): with a crown on his head and a tasselled quiver full of arrows on his back; human upper body, fish-tail (the upper body of the figure is identical to the Persian royal hero) - lion: rampant, with an arrow sticking out of its forehead - Sibitti (Pleiades) - unidentified symbol: curved vertical cut |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Bibliothèque nationale de France / BnF |
| Museum number | Delaporte.392 – Luynes.408 |
| Condition, shape | The field is damaged between the two figures. |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | donated by the Duke of Luynes in 1862 (408) |
| First occurence | before 1862 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 26, d: 13 |
| Material and features | "jaspe brun" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Delaporte 1910, 219 no. 392 and pl. XXVII. Delaporte, L.: Catalogue des cylindres orientaux et des cachets assyro-babyloniens, perses et syro-cappadociens de la Bibliothèque Nationale. I–II. Paris, 1910. |
| 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 |
