Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04874 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A half-kneeling bearded hero (archer) wearing a broad-belted tunic with a fringed lower edge aims his bow at a human-headed winged bull (aladlammu) wearing a girdle around its genital area. The archer has tasselled a quiver full of arrows on his back. In the sky are a crescent moon and a five-rayed, hollow-centred star. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - hero: archer, hunter, bearded, wearing a broad-belted tunic with a fringed lower edge, has tasselled a quiver full of arrows on his back - human-headed winged bull (aladlammu): wearing a girdle around its genital area - star: five-rayed, hollow-centred |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Museum number | MMA 61.100.81 |
| Condition, shape | worn, damaged |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | Tepe Hasanlu |
| First occurence | between 1956-1977 (excavations) |
| Archaeological context | Burned Building II, northeast corner of Room 5, floor; found beside skeleton (Skel. 147) together with many beads (HAS 60-655) |
| Registration number | HAS 60-90 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 35.5, d: 13.5 |
| Material and features | "grey clayey limestone", green stains at both ends from copper/bronze caps, now missing |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Marcus 1996, 120–121 no. 67 and pl. 21. 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. |
| 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 (14 April 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter |