Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02705 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded hero grasps a human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx) on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a long, double-belted, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic. On either side of his legs is a 'ball-and-staff' symbol and a rhomb, respectively. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- 'ball-and-staff' - borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - hero: bearded, wearing a long, double-belted, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic - human-headed winged lions (lamassus, sphinxes) (2): rampant, beardless, heads turned backwards - rhomb |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Museum of Fine Arts Boston / MFA |
| Museum number | MFA 65.1364 |
| 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: 30.5, d: 13 |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
MFA: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/163818/ [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 description of the object done by HL based on the relevant publication provided, then the data was checked by MNy; object data and description were finalized by ZN (03 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |