Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04487 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx) on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a headband and a long, tiered, fringed, and tasselled open robe over a short tunic. The rampant beasts wear horned headdresses with fleur-de-lis on top. On either side of the hero's legs is a rhomb, while behind the sphinxes is an eight-rayed star above an ankh. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- ankh - hero: bearded, wearing a headband and a long, tiered, fringed, and tasselled open robe over a short tunic - human-headed winged lions (lamassus, sphinxes) (2): rampant, bearded, wearing horned headdresses with fleur-de-lis on top - rhombs (2) - star: eight-rayed |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon |
| Museum number | E 306 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ceded to the museum by Ernest Chantre in April 1893; collected by Ernest Chantre with Madame Chantre and Mr. Alfred Boissier at the slopes of Büyükkale, Boghazköy, before 1893 |
| First occurence | before 1893 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 43.1, d: 18.3 (Delaporte 1939: 30 x 17 mm) |
| Material and features | "calcédoine taillée et gravée" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Delaporte 1939, 911, no. 35, pls. 1 and 5: 35. Delaporte, L.: "Intailles orientales au Palais des Arts de la ville de Lyon". In: Amis et ses élèves (eds.), Mélanges syriens offerts à Monsieur René Dussaud. Tome 2 (Bibliothèque Archéologique et Historique 30) Paris, 1939, 907–912. |
| 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 (20 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, ER – Erika Roboz |