Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02641 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded winged hero grasps a rampant human-faced winged wild goat (ibex) with one hand and a human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx) with the other. He wears a long, triple-belted, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic. Behind the hybrid creatures is the winged sun-disc above a bird of prey, likely a vulture. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bird: bird of prey, likely a vulture - human-faced winged wild goat (ibex): rampant, bearded - human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx): rampant, beardless - winged hero: bearded, winged, wearing a long, triple-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic - winged sun-disc |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore |
| Museum number | WAM 42.440 |
| Condition, shape | slightly damaged upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Henry Walters Collection; bequeathed to The Walters Art Museum by him in 1931 |
| First occurence | before 1931 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 43, d: 17 |
| Material and features | "green chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Gordon 1939, 28–29 no. 91 and pl. XI. Gordon, C. H.: "Western Asiatic Seals in the Walters Art Gallery". Iraq 6/1 (1939) 3–34. WAM: https://art.thewalters.org/detail/37407/cylinder-seal-with-a-contest-scene31/ [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; object data and description were finalized by ZN (03 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |