Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04903 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a rampant bull by its horn with one hand and stabs it with a dagger with the other. He wears a long, belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic. Behind the two figures is a vertically-set, two-line alphabetic inscription. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bull: rampant - hero: bearded, wearing a long, belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic, holding a dagger - inscription: vertically-set, two lines, alphabetic |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem |
| Museum number | BLMJ 157 – BLMJ Seal 732 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Achaemenid, Neo-Babylonian |
| First occurence | 2018 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | slightly barrel-shaped |
| Material and features | "carnelian" |
| Style | modelled |
| Writing system, language | alphabetic: Aramean |
| Transliteration |
1. […]tlnny 2. spr |
| Translation |
1. […] tl-Nanaya, 2. the scribe |
| Bibliography |
Bloch 2018, no. 0157. Bloch, Y.: Alphabet Scribes in the Land of Cuneiform: Sēpiru Professionals in Mesopotamia in the Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Periods. (Gorgias Studies in the Ancient Near East 11) Piscataway, New Jersey, 2018. |
| 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 (26 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter |