Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S03000 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A horse sitting on a stool is served by another horse and a dog standing on their hind legs. The sitting animal has a double belt or girdle around its genital area and is consuming a beverage from a vessel through a drinking tube. Its tail or sword hands down behind the stool. The dog holds a stringed instrument (a lyre or harp) between its forelegs. Above the vessel are the Sibitti (Pleiades), while behind the dog and the sitting horse are a six-rayed, globe-centred star, a crescent moon, and a rhomb arranged in a column. A wedge appears between the two standing animals. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - dog: likely representing a musician, standing on its hind legs, holding a stringed instrument (lyre or harp) between its forelegs - horse 1: sitting, likely representing a king, drinking beverage through a drinking tube, has a double belt or girdle around its genital area, possibly has a sword - horse 2: standing on its hind legs, likely representing an attendant - pot-stand: with a vessel on top - rhomb - Sibitti (Pleiades) - star: six-rayed, globe-centred - stool - wedge: cuneiform |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | presents whereabouts unknown |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | slightly damaged upper and lower edges; faults in the stone; central perforation unfinished |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| First occurence | towards the end of the 19th century |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 25, d: 9.5 |
| Material and features | serpentine |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | animal, banquet |
| Bibliography |
Teissier 1984, 162–163 no. 209. Teissier, B.: Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley – Los Angeles – London, 1984. Christie's (New York) 14–06–1993: 187 lot 266 (5th item). Christie's (New York) 14–06–1993: Antiquities. |
| 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 (12 March 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter |