Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S05342 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a rampant bull on either side, one by a foreleg and one by the ear. He wears a horned, round headdress and a long, belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic. In front of his legs is a rhomb, while on either side of his head are the Sibitti (Pleiades) and a 'ball-and-staff' motif. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- 'ball-and-staff' - bulls (2): rampant, heads turned backwards - hero: bearded, wearing a horned, round headdress and a long, belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic - rhomb - Sibitti (Pleiades) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Rijksmuseum van Oudheden; formerly kept in the Cabinet Royal des Médailles à la Haye |
| Museum number | M.132 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges, large chip partly distorts the bull behind the hero |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | formerly kept in the collection of professor Reuvens |
| First occurence | 1842 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 25, d: 12.5 |
| Material and features | "agate", "serpentine, gris foncé" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Cullimore 1842, pl. 20: 104. Cullimore, A.: Oriental Cylinders. No. I. London 1842. Menant 1878, 53–54 no. 132–138. Menant, J.: Catalogue des cylindres orientaux du Cabinet Royal des Médailles de La Haye. La Haye, 1878. Zadoks-Josephus 1952, 33 no. 125. Zadoks-Josephus J.A.N.: Catalogue sommaire des cylindres orientaux au Cabinet royal des médailles à La Haye. (En collaboration avec R. Frankena) La Haye, 1952. |
| 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 |