Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04604 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a rampant wild goat (ibex) on either side, each by the ear. He wears a round headdress and a long, open robe. A six-rayed, globe-centred star appears in the sky behind the animals. Below the wild goat on the left is a ball-and-staff symbol. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- ball-and-staff symbol - hero: bearded, wearing a round headdress and a long, open robe - star: six-rayed, globe-centred - wild goats (ibexes): rampant, heads turned backwards |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | modern impression kept in the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington |
| Museum number | U.S.N.M. 311265 |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | original cylinder seal was owned by Mrs. Talcott Williams |
| First occurence | before 1926 |
| Material and features | N/A |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Casanowicz 1926, 12 and pl. 14: 1. Casanowicz, I.M., “The Collection of Ancient Oriental Seals in the United States National Museum”, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 69/4 (1926), 1–23. |
| 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 ZN and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (20 March 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter |