Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02677 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded winged hero a rampant bull by the horn with one hand and carries a gazelle (antelope) by the hind legs with the other. He wears a rectangular headdress and a long, fringed, open robe with a centre-dot circle in the middle. The eyes of the animals are shaped with centre-dot circles. An eight-rayed, globe-centred star appears above the animals. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bull: rampant, head turned backwards - centre-dot circles - gazelle (antelope): inverted - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred - winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a rectangular headdress and a long, fringed, open robe with an outlined globe in the middle |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore |
| Museum number | WAM 42.654 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Henry Walters Collection (Baltimore); inherited by Sadie Jones (Mrs Henry Walters) in 1931 (New York); purchased by Joseph Brummer (Paris and New York) in 1941; purchased by The Walters Art Museum in 1941 |
| First occurence | before 1931 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: N/A, d: 10 |
| Material and features | "chalcedony with gold spike" |
| Style | cut, drilled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
WAM: https://art.thewalters.org/detail/25130/cylinder-seal-with-frolicking-animals/ [accessed: 11-11-2023]. |
| 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 GWN 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). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai, ER – Erika Roboz |