Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04796 |
| Description of the seal image | The upper part of the object is damaged. The remaining scene is framed by a line border at the bottom. A hunter wearing a broad-belted skirt with a fringed lower edge holds a bow in his raised left hand and an arrow in his lowered right. Behind him is a small stylised cactus-like plant, while in front of him is a lion attacking a rampant bull. A worshipper wearing a long robe with a fringed lower edge is facing the bull on the other side. In the sky is a crescent moon. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bull: rampant, head turned backwards - crescent moon - hunter: wearing a broad-belted skirt with a fringed lower edge, holding a bow and an arrow - lion: semi-rampant, raising a forepaw - stylised cactus-like plant: small, with a globular base - worshipper: wearing a long robe with a fringed lower edge |
| Subcategory | sealing (cylinder seal) |
| Collection | Mainz |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges; broken |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | Mainz |
| First occurence | 1968 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 2.2 d: 1.68 (fragment) |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Klumbach – Moortgat-Correns 1968. Klumbach, H. – Moortgat-Correns, U.: “Orienralisches Rollsiegel vom Mainzer Legionslager”. Germania 46 (1968), 36–40. Collon 2005, 138–139 no. 578. Collon, D.: First Impressions: Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East [First published in 1987] London, 2005. |
| 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 (14 April 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter |