Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02255 |
| Description of the seal image | Two sitting monkeys flank a small stylised plant between them. Behind them is a six-rayed star. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- monkeys (2): sitting - star: six-rayed - stylised plant: small |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Allard Pierson Museum, University of Amsterdam |
| Museum number | 18.329 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges; damaged surface |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Kist Collection |
| First occurence | before 2003 (Kist Collection) |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 19; d: 9 |
| Material and features | "red marble" |
| Style | cut |
| Scene | animal, ritual |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Kist 2003, 178 no. 329. Kist, J.: Ancient Near Eastern Seals from the Kist Collection: Three Millennia of Miniature Reliefs. (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 18) Leiden – Boston, 2003. |
| 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 MNy and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (2 September 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai, ER – Erika Roboz |