Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02918 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded winged hero grasps a rampant bull by the foreleg with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other while stepping on the back of a reclining bull. He wears a horned tiara and a long, broad-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic. His robe is decorated with a dot-in-square pattern. Behind him and the bull is a crescent moon next to an eight-rayed star in the sky. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bull 1: rampant - bull 2: reclining - crescent moon - star: eight-rayed - winged hero: bearded, winged, wearing a horned tiara and a long, broad-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic decorated with a dot-in-square pattern, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art / The MET / MMA |
| Museum number | MMA 1984.383.21 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Martin and Sarah Cherkasky Collection (New York); gifted by Martin and Sarah Cherkasky to the MMA in 1984 |
| First occurence | before 1984 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 28, d: 12 (Aruz 1987); h: 27.7, d: N/A (MMA) |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" (Aruz 1987); "flawed neutral chalcedony (quartz)" (MMA) |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Aruz 1987, 46 and 72 no. 73. Aruz, J.: "The Great Empires of the First Millennium B.C.". In: Pittman, H.: Ancient Art in Miniature: Near Eastern Seals from the Collection of Martin and Sarah Cherkasky. New York, 1987, 42–46. MMA: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/326982 [accessed: 14-12-2023]. |
| 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 MNy and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (03 March 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |