Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02404 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded scorpion-tailed bird-man (archer) wearing a rectangular headdress aims his bow at a rampant lion-griffin (Anzu). The archer has two quivers full of arrows on his back. Between them is a MAŠ sign and the mirrored version of the same appears between the legs of the lion-griffin. A DINGIR sign is below the lowered forepaw of the hybrid creature. An eight-rayed star appears below its wing. The scene is likely a different representation of the fight between Ninurta and Anzu. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- lion-griffin: likely Anzu, winged, crested, rampant, head turned backwards - scorpion-tailed bird-man: likely Ninurta, wearing a rectangular headdress, has two quivers full of arrows on his back - star: eight-rayed - wedges (3): cuneiform signs |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée du Louvre |
| Museum number | KLQ 31 – CCO A. 715 |
| Condition, shape | slightly damaged upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | acquired in 1870 |
| First occurence | 1870 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 30, d: 12 |
| Material and features | "calcédoine brouillée" |
| Style | cut |
| Scene | mythological, pursuing |
| Writing system, language | cuneiform: Akkadian |
| Transliteration |
1. eight-rayed star (a pictographic form of the sign DINGIR) MAŠ |
| Translation |
1. Ninurta. 2. Ninurta. |
| Bibliography |
Delaporte 1923, 169 no. A. 715 and pl. 89: 16. Delaporte, L.: Musée du Louvre. Catalogue des cylindres. Cachets et pierres gravées de style oriental. II: Acquisitions. Paris, 1923. |
| 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 MNy and the present object descriptions done by HL, and the transliteration and translation of the seal legend done by ZN; object data and description were finalized by ZN (20 February 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |