Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S00613 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. The cylinder image depicts a star-topped standard, an incense burner, a nine-rayed, globe-centred star above a cross-legged offering table, and the Sibitti (Pleiades). On the stamp image, there are two sitting human-headed winged lions (sphinxes, lamassus), facing each other. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - human-headed winged lions (sphinxes, lamassus) (2): on stamp image, sitting, facing each other - incense burner - Sibitti (Pleiades) - standard: star-topped - star: nine-rayed, globe-centred - table: cross-legged |
| Subcategory | stamp cylinder |
| Collection | The Morgan Library & Museum |
| Museum number | Morgan Seal 718 |
| Condition, shape | slightly damaged and worn; suspension loop has been partly broken off |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | "acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908" |
| First occurence | between about 1885 and 1908 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 15 (21+), d: 10 |
| Material and features | "seal stone" |
| Style | cut, drilled |
| Scene | animal, offering |
| Bibliography |
Porada 1948, 87 no. 718 and pl. CVI. 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 the description of the object done by HL based on the relevant publication provided, then the data was checked by MNy; object data and description were finalized by ZN (19 April 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |