Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04681 |
| Description of the seal image | This damaged and worn scene appears to depict a winged hero raising one hand and holding an undetermined object in the lowered other. Behind him is a star above an ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree). Based on its posture, the winged hero may have been depicted in a contest with a winged creature, grabbing its horn or head with the raised hand. Above the creature are the remains of a crescent moon. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree) - hybrid creature: possibly a winged bull, human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx), or a human-headed winged bull (aladlammu) - star - winged hero: bearded, winged, wearing a conical headdress, holding an undetermined object (likely a weapon such as a sickle sword [scimitar]) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum |
| Museum number | VA Ass 1709 |
| Condition, shape | damaged, worn |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | Assur |
| Archaeological context | bE6IV (from a Neo-Assyrian residential building?) |
| Registration number | Ass 10457 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 29, d: 11 |
| Material and features | "Kalk, weißlich leicht transparent" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Klengel-Brandt 2014, 7 no. 18, pls. 5 and 41. Klengel-Brandt, E.: Die neuassyrische Glyptik aus Assur. Mit Beiträgen von Sabine Böhme und Othmar Keel (Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 140 – Ausgrabungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft in Assur, F: Fundgruppen 7) Wiesbaden, 2014. |
| 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 (20 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, ER – Erika Roboz |