Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S00612 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene depicts various motifs and symbols, including a stylised tree, a crescent moon above a rhomb and a fish, and the winged sun-disc above an undetermined motif comprising five interlinked globes. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - fish - rhomb - stylised tree - undetermined motif: five interlinked globes - winged sun-disc: with globe-tipped appendages |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The Morgan Library & Museum |
| Museum number | Morgan Seal 717 |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| 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: 19, d: 12 |
| Material and features | "white-and-yellowish chalcedony" |
| Style | cut, drilled |
| Scene | cultic, ritual |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Porada 1948, 87 no. 717 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 MNy based on the relevant publication provided, then the data and description were finalized by ZN (2 September 2026). ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |