Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02760 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a lion on either side, each by a hind leg. He wears a dentate or feather crown and a long, fringed, open robe over a short tunic. Behind the lions is an alphabetic inscription. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- hero: bearded, wearing a dentate or feather crown and a long, fringed, open robe over a short tunic - inscription: alphabetic - lions (2): inverted, heads turned backwards, roaring |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Museum of Fine Arts Boston / MFA |
| Museum number | MFA 65.1442 |
| Culture | Achaemenid, Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Moussa Collection; purchased by the MFA from R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian (Little Falls, NJ) on 10 November 1965 |
| First occurence | before 1965 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 25.5, d: 12.5 (slightly barrel-shaped) |
| Material and features | "agate" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest |
| Writing system, language | alphabetic: Aramaic |
| Transliteration |
(7 letters) |
| Bibliography |
MFA: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/163861/ [accessed: 13-11-2023]. |
| 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 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 (03 March 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |