Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04709 |
| Description of the seal image | A half-kneeling, bearded hero grasps the neck of an ostrich with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other. He wears a triple-belted, fringed tunic and has a sword at his waist. Behind him is the winged sun-disc in the sky. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bird: ostrich, head turned backwards - hero: half-kneeling, bearded, wearing a triple-belted, fringed tunic, has a sword at his waist, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) - winged sun-disc: with appendages |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum |
| Museum number | VA Ass 6029 (formerly VA Ass 3558) |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | Assur |
| Archaeological context | burial; große dreifache Gruftanlage, Sarkophag Kammer III |
| Registration number | Ass 15651kw |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 17, d: 9 |
| Material and features | "Chalcedon" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Klengel-Brandt 2014, 11–12 and pls. 12 and 48. Klengel-Brandt, E.: Die neuassyrische Glyptik aus Assur. Mit Beiträgen von Sabine Böhme und Othmar Keel (Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 140 – Ausgrabungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft in Assur, F: Fundgruppen 7) Wiesbaden, 2014. |
| 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 |