Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04566 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a rampant bull by the ear with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other while stepping on the animal's hind legs. He wears a rectangular headdress and a long, fringed, open robe, has a sword at his waist and a tasselled quiver on his back. Behind the hero is the winged sun-disc above a stylised tree (rosette tree) with its branches arranged radially and offshoots at its base. Above and below the bull is a crescent moon and a rhomb, respectively. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bull: rampant, head turned backwards - crescent moon - hero: bearded, wearing a rectangular headdress and a long, fringed, open robe, has a tasselled quivered on his back and a sword at his waist, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) - rhomb - stylised tree (rosette tree): with branches arranged radially and offshoots at its base - winged sun-disc |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | modern impression kept in the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington |
| Museum number | U.S.N.M. 300605 |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | original cylinder seal was owned by Prof. H. Hyvernat |
| First occurence | before 1926 (property of Prof. H. Hyvernat) |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Casanowicz 1926, 10 and pl. 3: 4. Casanowicz, I.M., “The Collection of Ancient Oriental Seals in the United States National Museum”, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 69/4 (1926), 1–23. |
| 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 description of the object done by HL based on the relevant publication provided, then object data and description were finalized by ZN (20 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter |