Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04618 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps an ostrich on either side, each by the neck. He wears a headband and a long, fringed, open robe over a short tunic. Between the legs of the ostrich on the right is a rhomb, while behind the birds is the winged sun-disc in the sky. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- birds (2): ostriches - hero: bearded, wearing a headband and a long, fringed, open robe over a short tunic - rhomb - winged sun-disc |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Freer Collection |
| Museum number | F1993.15.74 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | purchased in Iran between 1943 and 1945; gift of a private collector in 1980 to the Freer Study Collection, and later transferred to the Permanent Collection in April 1993 |
| First occurence | between 1943 and 1945 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 23, d: 11 |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
F: https://asia.si.edu/object/F1993.15.74/ [accessed: 20-03-2026]. |
| 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 ER based on the relevant publication provided, then the data was checked by ZN and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (20 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, ER – Erika Roboz |