Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02687 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded winged hero grasps a rampant bull on either side, each by the foreleg. He wears a horned tiara and a long, broad-belted, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic decorated with a dot-in-square pattern. Behind the bulls is a four-line, cuneiform inscription framed and separated by rulings. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bulls (2): rampant - inscription: four-line, cuneiform, framed and separated by rulings - winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a horned tiara and a long, broad-belted, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic decorated with a dot-in-square pattern |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Museum of Fine Arts Boston / MFA |
| Museum number | MFA 27.649 – G.P. 323, 3 |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Reverend James Beck Collection (according to Mr A. P. Ready); ex-Edward Perry Warren Collection; lent to the MFA by him on 5 April 1926; purchased by the MFA from him on 17 November 1927 |
| First occurence | before 1920 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 39, d: N/A |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Writing system, language | cuneiform: Akkadian |
| Transliteration |
1. GAR NA4.KIŠIB an-ni-i 2. U4.MEŠ-šu2 3. li-ri-ku LA DIN 4. li-iš-bi |
| Translation |
1. May the one equipped with the seal 2–3a. be longed his days 3b-4. (and) be sated with fullness of life. |
| Bibliography |
Beazley 1920, 4 no. 7 and pl. I (written by Dr L.W. King, revised by Dr. S. Langdon). Beazley, J. D.: The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems. Oxford, 1920. MFA: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/242603/ [accessed: 12-11-2023]. |
| 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 description of the object done by HL based on the relevant publication provided, then the data was checked by MNy, and the transliteration and translation of the seal legend done by ZN; object data and description were finalized by ZN (03 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |