Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04913 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded, four-winged hero grasps the foreleg of a human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx) with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other while stepping on a reclining wild goat (ibex). He wears a broad-belted kilt decorated with a dot-in-square pattern. On the other side, a similarly-clothed bearded hero grasps the hind leg of the same hybrid creature with one hand and brandishes a weapon with the other. He also steps on the back of a wild goat and wears a rectangular headdress decorated with dots. Between the caprids is a stylised tree (rosette tree) with its branches arranged radially. Behind the heroes is a crescent moon above a flower or star and the spade of Marduk (marru). |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - flower or star: globe-centred - hero: bearded, wearing a rectangular headdress and a broad-belted kilt decorated with a dot-in-square pattern, brandishing a weapon - human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx): bearded - spade of Marduk (marru) - stylised tree (rosette tree): with its branches or leaves arranged radially, has offshoots at its base - wild goats (ibexes) (2): reclining - winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a broad-belted kilt decorated with a dot-in-square pattern, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem |
| Museum number | BLMJ 2700 – BLMJ Seal 488 |
| Condition, shape | upper and middle sections are damaged by pitting |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| First occurence | in 1970's |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 20.8, d: 13.6 (11.4), barrel-shaped |
| Material and features | "agate" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Oshima 2015, 1–9 fig. 1. Oshima, T.: “BLMJ 2700: A Neo-Babylonian Cylinder Seal with a Mythological Battle A Question on the Identity of the Four-Winged God on Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Seals” Bible Lands e-Review 2015/S1, https://biblelandsreview.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/takayoshi-bler-2015-s1.pdf [accessed 26–03–2026]. |
| 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 (26 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, ER – Erika Roboz |