Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02877 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by chevron borders running in opposite directions at the top and bottom. A griffin attacks a stumbling mouflon. Between them are single wedges representing a plant. Single globes appear above the mouflon's back and in front of the griffin's head. Above the rump of the mouflon is an eight-rayed star and a crescent moon is engraved above the griffin's wing. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): chevron borders running in opposite directions at the top and bottom - crescent moon - globes (4): small - griffin: winged, crested, raising a forepaw - mouflon: stumbling, head turned backwards - plant: formed by three wedges - star: eight-rayed |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art / The MET / MMA |
| Museum number | MMA 61.100.80 |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | excavated by Robert H. Dyson Jr at Hasanlu, Iran, in 1960; gifted by Mrs Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff to the MMA in 1961 |
| First occurence | 1960 |
| Archaeological context | Iran, Hasanlu |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 35.5, d: 15 (with bronze pin) |
| Material and features | "black steatite, with copper/bronze pin" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | animal |
| Bibliography |
Marcus 1996, 116–117 no. 61, fig. 83, and pl. 19. Marcus, M.I.: Emblems of Identity and Prestige: The Seals and Sealings from Hasanlu, Iran: Commentary and Catalog. (University Museum Monograph 84. Hasanlu Special Studies 3) Philadelphia, 1996. MMA: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/325211 [accessed: 28-11-2023]. |
| 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 ER 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 (2 September 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai, ER – Erika Roboz |