Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S00736 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. Ninurta aims his globe-studded bow at the rampant Anzu (lion-griffin) while standing on the back of the charging Abubu (lion-dragon). He is further armed with star-topped, tasselled bows crossed on his back, a sickle sword (scimitar) hanging from his quiver and a sword in a sheath at his waist. Behind Ninurta, there is a worshipper in a devotional pose wearing a long, fringed robe, while in front of Anzu, Adad appears, holding a lightning bundle (double fork) in his lowered right hand. In the sky, there is an eight-rayed, globe-centred star, a winged sun-disc and a crescent moon. Three lines of a cuneiform inscription are engraved between the worshipper and Ninurta, between Ninurta and Anzu, and between Adad and the worshipper. The upper part of the latter is missing due to a large chip. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- Abubu: lion-dragon, charging, with a bull horn, a forked tongue and a scorpion tail - Adad: holding a bundle of lightning (double fork) in his lowered right hand and raising the left (smiting pose), wearing a star-topped, horned headdress and a long, multi-tiered, broad-belted fringed robe over a short tunic - Anzu: lion-griffin, rampant, with donkey ears and bird tail - borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - inscription: cuneiform, three lines - Ninurta: armed god, archer, aiming globe-studded bow, star-topped, tasselled bows on his back, a sickle sword (scimitar) hanging from his quiver, and a sword at his waist, wearing a star-topped, horned headdress and a long, double-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic, aiming a globe-studded bow - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred - winged sun-disc - worshipper: in a devotional pose, wearing a long, fringed robe |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum |
| Museum Number | VA 5180 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges; large chip distorts the worshipper's head and the legend behind him |
| Culture / Production Place | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | excavated at Assur |
| First Occurrence | before 1940 |
| Archaeological context | Assur |
| Registration number | Ass 9451 |
| Dimensions (mm), height, diameter | h: 42, d: 17 |
| Material and features | "Chalcedon" |
| Style | drilled |
| Scene | pursuing |
| Writing system, language | cuneiform: Akkadian |
| Transliteration |
1. šá {md}MAŠ–EN–PAB 2. LÚ*.SAG 3. [šá {md}M]AŠ?–SAG |
| Traduction |
1. Property of Ninurta-bēlu-uṣur, 2. the eunuch 3. [of] Ninurta-ašarēd. |
| Bibliography |
Moortgat 1940, 66, 139 no. 595 and Taf. 71. Moortgat, A.: Vorderasiatische Rollsiegel. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Steinschneidekunst. Berlin, 1940. |
| Object history |