Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S01127 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded hero (archer) wearing a long, belted robe with a fringed lower edge aims his bow at a winged bull. Above the latter, there is a crescent moon and a wedge, while in front of it is a bush, the branches of which end in single globes. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - bush: the branches of which end in single globes - crescent moon - hero: bearded, archer, wearing a long, belted robe with a fringed lower edge - wedge: cuneiform - winged bull: striding |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | De Clercq Collection |
| Museum number | De Clercq 305 |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | ex-de Clercq Collection |
| First occurence | before 1888 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 35, d: 14 |
| Material and features | "porphyre rouge et gris" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
De Clercq – Menant 1888, 177 no. 305 and pl. XXIX. De Clercq, L. – Menant, J.: Collection de Clercq: Catalogue méthodique et raisonné. Antiquités assyriennes: Cylindres orientaux, cachets, briques, bronzes, bas-reliefs, etc. I: Cylindres orientaux. I: Texte – II: Planches et carte. Paris, 1888. |
| 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 |