Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02898 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded winged hero grasps the head of a rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other. He wears a long, broad-belted, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx): rampant, bearded, head turned backwards - winged hero: bearded, winged, wearing a long, broad-belted, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art / The MET / MMA |
| Museum number | MMA 41.160.317 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges; large chips partly distort the figures' heads |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | bequeathed by W. Gedney Beatty to the MMA in 1941 |
| First occurence | 1941 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 19.6, d: N/A |
| Material and features | "variegated red and white carnelian (quartz)" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
MMA: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/323905 [accessed: 06-12-2023]. |
| 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 |