Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02596 |
| Description of the seal image | The royal hero grasps a rampant deer (stag) on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe). Behind the animals is a tree. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- deer (2): stags, rampant, heads turned backwards - royal hero: bearded, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe) - tree: small, coniferous, likely a cypress |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | appeared in the antiquities trade in Rome |
| First occurence | 1980 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 27, d: 10 |
| Material and features | "pietra calcarea, di color rosa salmone" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest |
| Translation | N/A |
| Bibliography |
Pecorella 1980, 332–334 no. 9 and tav. V. Pecorella, P. E.: "Dieci sigilli cilindrici del Vicino Oriente". Studi Micenei ed Egeo-anatolici 22 (Incunabula Graeca 73) (1980) 323–335. |
| 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 GWN 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 (03 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai, ER – Erika Roboz |