Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04488 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a headband and a long, quadruple-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic and has a sword at his waist. The upper part of his garment is decorated with a dotted lozenge pattern. Behind the rampant sphinxes is a stylised tree with globe-tipped branches. Above the tree are an eight-rayed star and a crescent moon in the sky. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - hero: bearded, wearing a headband and a long, quadruple-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic; the upper part of his garment is decorated with a dotted lozenge pattern; has a sword at his waist - human-headed winged lions (shedus, sphinxes) (2): rampant, beardless, heads turned backwards, wearing headbands - star: eight-rayed - stylised tree: with globe-tipped branches |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon |
| Museum number | E 408-13 (wrong number E 306) |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| First occurence | 19th century |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 30, d: 18 |
| Material and features | "chalcedony blonde" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Delaporte 1939, 911 and pls. 1 and 5: 36. Delaporte, L.: "Intailles orientales au Palais des Arts de la ville de Lyon". In: Amis et ses élèves (eds.), Mélanges syriens offerts à Monsieur René Dussaud. Tome 2 (Bibliothèque Archéologique et Historique 30) Paris, 1939, 907–912. |
| 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 |