Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04773 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a bull by its hind leg with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other while stepping on the bull's neck. He wears a horned tiara and a long, belted, open robe over a short tunic. Behind him stands his attendant. He wears a round headdress (possibly bashlyk) and Median garment, and holds a spear. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- attendant: spearman, wearing a round headdress (possibly bashlyk) and Median garment - bull: inverted - hero: bearded, wearing a horned tiara and a long, belted, open robe over a short tunic, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée du Louvre |
| Museum number | Sb 1475 |
| Culture | Achaemenid, Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | Susa |
| First occurence | 1972 |
| Archaeological context | Villes des Artisans |
| Registration number | Sb 1475 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 30, d: 14 |
| Material and features | "schiste gris", "grey 'jasper'" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Rutten 1950, 177 no. 61 and pl. 6: 61. Rutten, M.: “Glyptique susienne. Empreintes et cylindres”, Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 44 (1950) 161–178. Amiet 1972, 281 no. 2181 and pl. 187. Amiet, P.: Glyptique susienne des origines à l’époque des perses achéménides. Cachets, sceaux-cylindres et empreintes antiques découverts à Suse de 1913 à 1967. I: Texte – II: Planches (Mémoires de la Délégation Archéologique en Iran 43: Mission de Susiane) Paris, 1972. Collon 2005, 88–89 no. 414. Collon, D.: First Impressions: Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East. [First published in 1987] London, 2005. |
| 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 (26 March 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter |