Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02789 |
| Description of the seal image | The seal image depicts two fighting couples. A bearded hero grasps a rampant lion-griffin by the throat with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) with the other. He wears a long, double-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic. The royal hero grasps a small lion with one hand and holds a dagger with the other. He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe) and has a quiver full of arrows on his back. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- hero: bearded, wearing a long, double-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) - lion: small, head turned backwards, snarling - lion-griffin: rampant, donkey ears, bird tail, snarling - royal hero: bearded, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe), has a quiver full of arrows on his back, holding a dagger |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Museum of Fine Arts Boston / MFA |
| Museum number | MFA 34.1447 |
| Culture | Achaemenid, Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-R. S. Cooke Collection (Harrow Hill, Middlesex, England); purchased by the MFA from him on 6 December 1934 |
| First occurence | before 1934 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 37, d: 20 |
| Material and features | "lapis lazuli" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Frankfort 1939, 220–221 and pl. XXXVII: a. Frankfort, H.: Cylinder Seals: A Documentary Essay on the Art and Religion of the Ancient Near East, London, 1939. MFA: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/247211/ [accessed: 13-11-2023]. |
| 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 MNy and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (03 March 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |