Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02366 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a rampant bull by the horn with one hand and brandishes an axe with the other while stepping onto the animal's hind leg. He wears a long, double-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic. On the stamp seal image is a cock. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bird: cock (stamp seal image) - bull: rampant, head turned backwards - hero: bearded, wearing a long, double-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic, brandishing an axe |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal stamp cylinder |
| Collection | Musée du Louvre |
| Museum number | AO 2283 – CCO A. 668 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges; scattered chips and faults around the figures |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | acquired in 1893 |
| First occurence | 1893 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | N/A |
| Material and features | "sardoine" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Delaporte 1923, 165 no. A. 668 and pl. 87: 14a–c. Delaporte, L.: Musée du Louvre. Catalogue des cylindres. Cachets et pierres gravées de style oriental. II: Acquisitions. Paris, 1923. |
| 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 GWN 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). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai, GWN – Gábor Winkler-Nemes |