Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S03207 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. Two griffins or ostrich-like birds follow each other while looking backwards. Above them is a six-rayed star and a four-rayed star, respectively. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- birds or griffins (2): ostrich-like, crested, heads turned backwards - borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - stars (2): one six-rayed and one four-rayed |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo |
| Museum number | Oslo, MCH, C42361 |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| First occurence | before 2018 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 23.5, d: 10 |
| Material and features | sintered quartz, faience |
| Style | sintered quartz |
| Scene | animal |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Niederreiter 2018, 9 no. 2, fig. 5. Niederreiter, Z.: "Cuneiform tablets, cylinder seals, stamp seals and scaraboids in the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo" CLARA: Classical Art and Archaeology 3 (2018) 1–14 and 18–20. |
| 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 (18 April 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, ER – Erika Roboz |