Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02494 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A half-kneeling hero (archer) wearing a brimmed headdress or headband and a long, broad-belted robe with a fringed edge aims his bow at a rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx). The archer has a sword at his waist. Between the two figures is a star in the sky, and a rhomb above a small quadruped, likely a gazelle (antelope) or wild goat (ibex). Above the archer is a crescent moon, while above the hybrid creature is a grffin. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - griffin: raising both forepaws, crested, winged - hero: half-kneeling, archer, wearing a brimmed headdress or headband and a long, broad-belted robe with a fringed edge, has a sword at his waist - human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx): rampant - quadruped: small, likely a a gazelle (antelope) or wild goat (ibex) - rhomb - star: six-rayed |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Buffalo Museum of Science |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges; large chip distorts partly the hunter's bow |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | gift of Mr and Mrs Chauncey J. Hamlin |
| First occurence | 1944 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | N/A |
| Material and features | N/A |
| Style | cut |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Ingholt 1944, 10 and 11 no. 22. Ingholt, H.: “World-famous Cylinder Seals Reflect 3,000 Years of History”. Hobbies: The Magazine of the Buffalo Museum of Science 25/1 (1944) 2–12. |
| 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 (26 February 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |