Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S05118 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A griffin and a lion-griffin pursue each other, while an animal or a hybrid creature is depicted on the stamp image. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - griffin: crested, winged - lion-griffin: roaring - animal or a hybrid creature |
| Subcategory | stamp cylinder |
| Collection | The Morgan Library & Museum |
| Museum number | Morgan Seal 839 |
| Condition, shape | slightly damaged upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Achaemenid, Urartian |
| Provenance | "acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908" |
| First occurence | between about 1885 and 1908 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 20, d: 12 |
| Material and features | "grey marble" (with broken suspension loop) |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | animal |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Porada 1948, 105 no. 839 and pl. CXXVI. Porada, E.: Corpus of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in North American Collections: The Collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library. I: Text – II: Plates. (The Bollingen Series 14) Washington, 1948. |
| 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 ER 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 (11 September 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, ER – Erika Roboz |