Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04866 |
| Description of the seal image | A half-kneeling, bearded hero grasps the foreleg of a rampant griffin with one hand and brandishes a sword with the other. He wears a round headdress and a long, broad-belted, fringed, open robe. A sickle sword (scimitar) hangs from his elbow, and there is another sword with a scabbard at his waist. Between the two figures is a small, reclining quadruped below and an eight-rayed, globe-centred star above the Sibitti (Pleiades) in the sky. A crescent moon appears above the griffin's wing. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - griffin: rampant, crested, winged - hero: half-kneeling, bearded, wearing a round headdress and a long, broad-belted, fringed, open robe, a sickle sword (scimitar) hangs from his elbow, has another sword in a scabbard at his waist - quadruped: reclining, head turned backwards - Sibitti (Pleiades) - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia |
| Museum number | UM 61-5-19 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | excavated at Tepe Hasanlu, Southwestern Azerbaijan, Iran (Iron Age II period settlement of Hasanlu IVB |
| First occurence | excavated at Tepe Hasanlu, 1956-1977 |
| Registration number | HAS 60-13 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 46.3, d: 18 (perforation: 4.4) |
| Material and features | white chert(?); bronze pin in perforation; purple stains at both ends from copper/bronze caps (now missing) |
| Style | cut, drilled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Marcus 1996, 115–116 fig. 81 and no. 59 and pl. 18. Marcus, M.I.: Emblems of Identity and Prestige: The Seals and Sealings from Hasanlu, Iran: Commentary and Catalog. (University Museum Monograph 84. Hasanlu Special Studies 3) Philadelphia, 1996. |
| 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 ER 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). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, ER – Erika Roboz |