Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04630 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A half-kneeling, bearded hero grasps the foreleg of a rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other. He wears a round headdress and a double-belted, fringed tunic and has a sword at his waist. Between the legs of the beast are a rhomb and a fish, while above its forelegs are the Sibitti (Pleiades). Behind the two figures is a crescent moon and an eight-rayed star in the sky above the tasselled spade of Marduk (marru). |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - fish - hero: bearded, half-kneeling, wearing a double-belted, fringed tunic, has a sword at his waist, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) - human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx): rampant, beardless - rhomb - Sibitti (Pleiades) - spade of Marduk (marru): tasselled - star: eight-rayed |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A |
| Condition, shape | slightly damaged upper and lower edges, slightly worn |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | surfaced at Drouot (Paris) 25 and 26–06–1962, lot. 167 |
| First occurence | 1962 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 21, d: 11 |
| Material and features | "serpentine" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Drouot (Paris) 25 and 26–06–1962, lot. 167. Drouot (Paris) 25 and 26–06–1962: Importante collection de cylindres et cachets Mesopotamie et proche-Orient statuettes archaïques, bijoux en or. |
| 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 (20 March 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter |