Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02709 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a rampant griffin with one hand and a rampant winged bull with the other, each by a foreleg while making a stepping motion. He wears a headband and a long, triple-belted, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic. His garment is decorated with a net or crosshatch pattern. The leg position of the hero indicates that the original idea was to depict him as stepping on a reclining animal or the hind legs of a rampant one. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- griffin: rampant, winged, crested - hero: bearded, wearing a headband and a long, triple-belted, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic, his garment is decorated with a net or crosshatch pattern - winged bull: rampant |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Museum of Fine Arts Boston / MFA |
| Museum number | MFA 65.1369 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Moussa Collection; purchased by the MFA from R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian (Little Falls, NJ) on 10 November 1965 |
| First occurence | before 1965 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 25.1, d: 12 |
| Material and features | "green chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
MFA: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/163823/ [accessed: 12-11-2023]. |
| 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 |