Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02591 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded winged hero grasps a rampant winged bull with one hand and a rampant human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx) with the other, each by a foreleg. He wears a long, broad-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic. The upper part of his garment is decorated with a net or crosshatch pattern. On either side of his legs are a fish and a rhomb, respectively. Behind the hybrid creatures are an eight-rayed star in the sky and the stylus of Nabu on a stand below. A three-letter alphabetic inscription is engraved between the hind legs of the winged bull. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - fish - human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx): rampant, beardless - inscription: alphabetic - rhomb - star: eight-rayed - stylus of Nabu: on a stand - winged bull: rampant - winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a long, broad-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic, the upper part of his garment is decorated with a net or crosshatch pattern |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Shlomo Moussaieff Collection |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Shlomo Moussaieff Collection, purchased by him in London |
| First occurence | before 2000 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 39.4, d: 15.3 |
| Material and features | "pink marbled agate" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Writing system, language | alphabetic: Aramaic |
| Transliteration |
1. ḥbb |
| Translation | 1. Ḥabib. |
| Bibliography |
Deutsch – Lemaire 2000, 129 no. 122. Deutsch, R. – Lemaire, A.: Biblical Period Personal Seals in the Shlomo Moussaieff Collection. Tel Aviv, 2000. |
| 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 |