Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02862 |
| Description of the seal image | The royal hero grasps a rampant lion-griffin on either side, each by the throat. He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe). Behind the hybrid creatures is the winged sun-disc above a small Bes figure depicted in frontal view. He wears a feather crown and a loincloth. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- Bes: depicted in frontal view, wearing a feather crown and a loincloth - lion-griffins (2): rampant, snarling - royal hero: bearded, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe) - winged sun-disc: with appendages and volutes |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art / The MET / MMA |
| Museum number | MMA 58.93 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | acquired by the MMA (Rogers Fund) from Fahim Joseph Kouchakji (New York) in 1958 |
| First occurence | 1958 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 20.1, d: N/A |
| Material and features | "hematite" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
MMA: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/324799 [accessed: 27-11-2023]. |
| 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 |