Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04626 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A four-winged hero grasps a half-kneeling griffin while two half-kneeling mouflons facing each other. Between the latter is an ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree). A crescent moon appears above the griffin, and there is a double wedge above the left-facing mouflon. An eight-rayed, globe-centred star and the Sibitti (Pleiades) are behind the winged hero and the griffin. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree) - griffin: half-kneeling, winged, crested - mouflons (2): half-kneeling - Sibitti (Pleiades) - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred - wedge: double, cuneiform - winged hero: four-winged, wearing a conical headdress and a long, broad-belted, open robe |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A |
| Condition, shape | slightly damaged upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | surfaced at Drouot (Paris) 25 and 26–06–1962, lot. 163 |
| First occurence | 1962 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 38, d: 13 |
| Material and features | "diorite" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | animal, contest, dual |
| Bibliography |
Drouot (Paris) 25 and 26–06–1962, lot. 169. Drouot (Paris) 25 and 26–06–1962: Importante collection de cylindres et cachets Mesopotamie et proche-Orient statuettes archaïques, bijoux en or. |
| 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 ZN and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (20 March 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter |