Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
![Winged hero fighting griffin beside winged sun-disc above stylised tree (rosette tree) (modern [i.e., fake])](/uploads/galleries/7/6/4/c/original_764c2c9056636f683be04684b312901f.jpg)
| Object no. | S04567 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded winged hero grasps the wing of a rampant griffin with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other. He wears a round headdress and a long, triple-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic decorated with a dot-in-square pattern. Behind the hero is a stylised tree (rosette tree) with tendrils on its sides. A vertically-set cuneiform inscription is engraved between the griffin and the tree. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- griffin: rampant, winged, crested, head turned backwards - inscription: vertically-set, cuneiform - stylised tree (rosette tree): with tendrils on its sides - winged hero: bearded, winged, wearing a round headdress and a long, triple-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic decorated with a dot-in-square pattern, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington |
| Museum number | U.S.N.M. 207937 |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian, other |
| Provenance | acquired in Hillah |
| First occurence | before 1926 |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" |
| Authenticity (public) | modern (i.e., fake); for the pattern, see S02123 (ZN) |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Writing system, language | cuneiform: Akkadian |
| Transliteration |
1. dAMAR.UTU PAB ZI 2. TIN BA-ša2 |
| Translation |
1. O Marduk, preserve life, 2. grant (me) health! |
| Bibliography |
Casanowicz 1926, 11 and pl. 3: 6. Casanowicz, I.M., “The Collection of Ancient Oriental Seals in the United States National Museum”, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 69/4 (1926), 1–23.
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| 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, the present object descriptions done by HL, the transliteration and translation of the seal legend done by ZN;; object data and description were finalized by ZN (20 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, ER – Erika Roboz |