Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S05341 |
| Description of the seal image | Two winged heroes grasp an armed goddess (Ishtar?) in the middle. All figures wear long, fringed, open robes over short tunics. The central figure has two quivers crossed on his back. On either side of her head are a six-rayed star and a crescent moon, respectively. Behind the winged heroes is an alphabetic inscription above a small cactus-like plant. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - deity: goddess (Ishtar?) wearing a long, fringed, open robe over a short tunic, has two quivers crossed on her back - inscription: alphabetic - star: six-rayed - stylised plant: small - winged heroes: bearded, winged, wearing long, fringed, open robes over short tunics |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Rijksmuseum van Oudheden; formerly kept in the Cabinet Royal des Médailles à la Haye |
| Museum number | GS 30124 (previously M.136) |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian |
| First occurence | 1847 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | 24.9, 13.0 |
| Material and features | "cornaline rouge" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Writing system, language | alphabetic: Arabian |
| Transliteration |
1. s2br or s2kr |
| Bibliography |
Lajard 1847, 9 Planche XXXIII: no. 8 and pl. XXXIII: 8. Lajard, F.: Introduction à l’étude du culte public et des mystères de Mithra en orient et en occident. Paris, 1847. Menant 1878, 56 no. 136–84. Menant, J.: Catalogue des cylindres orientaux du Cabinet Royal des Médailles de La Haye. La Haye, 1878. Zadok-Josephus 1952, 33 no. 124. Zadoks-Josephus J.A.N.: Catalogue sommaire des cylindres orientaux au Cabinet royal des médailles à La Haye. (En collaboration avec R. Frankena) La Haye, 1952. Niederreiter 2020, 152 fig. 9. Niederreiter Z.: Catalogue of the Cylinder Seals in the Royal Museums of Art and History. I: Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Periods (Circa 1000–500 B.C.). (Antique et Orientalia 7 – Assyriologia 10) Budapest, 2020. For the seal legend, see Sass 2020, 154. Sass, B.: "Appendix to no. 61". In: Niederreiter Z.: Catalogue of the Cylinder Seals in the Royal Museums of Art and History. I: Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Periods (Circa 1000–500 B.C.). (Antique et Orientalia 7 – Assyriologia 10) Budapest, 2020, 154. |
| 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 GE 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 (26 March 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter |