Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04492 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded, four-winged hero grasps the foreleg of a semi-rampant human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx) with one hand and brandishes a weapon in the other. He wears a long, broad-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic. The hybride creature is stepping on an aryballos with two streams flowing out of it. Above its wings is a crescent moon. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- aryballos: with two streams of water flowing out of it - crescent moon - human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx): bearded, semi-rampant - winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a long, broad-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Iraq Museum |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | found at an excavation in Warka (Uruk) |
| First occurence | before 1974 (excavation) |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 24, d: 10 |
| Material and features | "Bergkristall" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Lenzen 1974, 35 no. W 21937 and pl. 23: f. Lenzen, H.J.: XXV. vorläufiger Bericht über die von dem Deutschen Archäologischen Institut und der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft aus Mitteln der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft unternommenen Ausgrabungen in Uruk-Warka. Winter 1966/1967. (Deutsches Archäoligisches Institut. Abteilung Baghdad) Berlin, 1974. |
| 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 description of the object done by HL based on the relevant publication provided, then object data and description were finalized by ZN (20 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter |