Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S01988 |
| Description of the seal image | Ninurta (archer), depicted in a wide stance, wearing a long robe, aims his star-studded bow at the rampant Anzu (lion-griffin). He is further armed with a sword at his waist and another bow on his back. Behind Ninurta stands a worshipper wearing a long robe below a large crescent moon. Above Anzu's right wing are the Sibitti (Pleiades), while a rhomb appears above a seven- or eight-rayed, globe-centred star and below the wing. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- Anzu: lion-griffin, rampant, head turned backwards - crescent moon - globes: around the figures - Ninurta: archer, hunter, bearded, depicted in a wide stance, wearing a long robe, has a sword at his waist and another bow on his back - rhomb - Sibitti (Pleiades) - star: small, seven- or eight-rayed, globe-centred - worshipper: wearing a long robe |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Penn Museum |
| Museum number | B1051 – CBS 1051 |
| Condition, shape | chip below the bow |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | purchased by Dr John P. Peters and Dr Robert Francis Harper in Baghdad in January 1889 |
| First occurence | 1889 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 27.5, d: 15 |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" |
| Style | drilled |
| Scene | pursuing |
| Bibliography |
Legrain 1925, 307 no. 610 and pl. XXXI. Legrain, L.: The Culture of the Babylonians. From Their Seals in the Collections of the Museum. I–II. (Publications of the Babylonian Section 14) Philadelphia, 1925. |
| 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 MNy and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN. GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |