Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02642 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A half-kneeling, bearded hero grasps a rampant winged horse on either side, each by the ear. He wears a brimmed or horned headdress and a long, broad-belted, fringed and tasselled, open robe over a short tunic. On either side of his head is a six-rayed, globe-centred star and a crescent moon, respectively. Behind the hybrid creatures is the winged sun-disc above the Sibitti (Pleiades) and a rhomb. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - hero: half-kneeling, bearded, wearing a brimmed or horned headdress and a long, broad-belted, fringed and tasselled, open robe over a short tunic - rhomb - Sibitti (Pleiades) - star: six-rayed, globe-centred - winged horses (2): rampant, heads turned backwards - winged sun-disc |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore |
| Museum number | WAM 42.430 |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Henry Walters Collection; bequeathed to The Walters Art Museum by him in 1931 |
| First occurence | before 1931 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 45, d: N/A |
| Material and features | "neutral chalcedony" |
| Style | cut, modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Gordon 1939, 29 no. 92 and pl. XI. Gordon, C. H.: "Western Asiatic Seals in the Walters Art Gallery". Iraq 6/1 (1939) 3–34. WAM: https://art.thewalters.org/detail/38705/cylinder-seal-with-a-hero-kneeling-between-winged-horses/ [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 preliminary description of the object done by GWN based on the relevant publication provided, then the data was checked by MNy and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (03 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai, ER – Erika Roboz |