Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04541 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a rampant human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx) on either side, each by the throat. He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and a long, fringed, open robe over a short tunic. The hybride creatures wear similar headdresses. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- hero: bearded, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and a long, fringed, open robe over a short tunic - human-headed winged lions (lamassus, sphinxes) (2): rampant, heads turned backwards, wearing dentate crowns (cidarises) |
| Subcategory | bead cylinder seal |
| Collection | Iraq Museum |
| Museum number | IM 56050 |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | found in Nippur |
| First occurence | before 1967 (excavation); |
| Registration number | 2N 170 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 46, d: 13, barrel-shaped |
| Material and features | "brown and white agate" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
McCown – Haines – Hansen 1967, pl. 114: 10. McCown, D.E. – Haines, R.C. – Hansen, D.P.: Nippur I: Temple of Enlil, Scribal Quarter, and Soundings: Excavations of the Joint Expedition to Nippur of the University Museum of Philadelphia and the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. (Oriental Institute Publications 78) Chicago, 1967. |
| 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 |