Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04779 |
| Description of the seal image | The royal hero grasps a lion by its hind leg and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other. He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe). Above them is a crescent moon. Next to the fighting figures, Ahura Mazda emerges from a four-winged sun-disc above a large, eight-spoked wheel. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - deity: Ahura Mazda, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris), emerging from the winged sun-disc - lion: inverted, head turned backwards - royal hero: bearded, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe) - wheel: large, eight-spoked - winged sun-disc: four-winged, with divine bust and appendages |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | found in Pasargadae |
| First occurence | 1978 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 26, d: N/A |
| Material and features | stone |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Stronach 1978, pl. 162 a–b. Stronach, D.: Pasargadae: A report on the excavations conducted by the British Institute of Persian Studies from 1961 to 1963. Oxford, 1978. Collon 2005, 90–91 no. 425. 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 description of the object done by HL based on the relevant publication provided, then object data and description were finalized by ZN (26 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter |