Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02913 |
| Description of the seal image | A four-winged, bearded winged hero wearing a double-belted kilt, steps on the back of a winged horse. He holds a mace in his left hand and a weapon with a curved blade (scimitar, sickle sword) in the right. He is about to strike down a rampant lion-griffin jumping towards him. Above the lion-griffin is a crescent moon and a winged bull. Behind the hero is a cactus-like plant on the ground. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - lion-griffin: rampant, roaring - plant: cactus-like plant - winged bull: rampant - winged hero: four-winged, bearded, wearing a double-belted kilt, holds a mace in his left hand and a weapon with a curved blade (scimitar, sickle sword) in the right - winged horse: jumping |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art / The MET / MMA |
| Museum number | MMA 1985.192.14 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges; large chips partly distort the plant and the winged horse |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Martin and Sarah Cherkasky Collection (New York); gifted by Martin and Sarah Cherkasky to the MMA in 1985 |
| First occurence | before 1985 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 34, d: 15 |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" (Aruz 1987); "variegated white and beige chalcedony (quartz)" (MMA) |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest, mythological |
| Bibliography |
Aruz 1987, 46 and 70–71 no. 68. 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/327083 [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 |