Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S00602 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded worshipper in a long robe and a rampant wild goat (ibex) flank a stylised tree under the winged sun-disc. Behind the worshipper and the wild goat are several motifs and symbols, including an eight-rayed, globe-centred star, a crescent moon, and the Sibitti (Pleiades) above a rhomb and a fish. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - fish - rhomb - Sibitti (Pleiades) - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred - stylised tree - wild goat (ibex): rampant, head turned backwards - winged sun-disc: with globe-tipped appendages - worshipper: bearded, wearing a long robe |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The Morgan Library & Museum |
| Museum number | Morgan Seal 707 |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | "acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908" |
| First occurence | between about 1885 and 1908 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 29, d: 18.5 |
| Material and features | "orange chert" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | animal, ritual |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Porada 1948, 87 no. 707 and pl. CV. Porada, E.: Corpus of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in North American Collections: The Collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library. I: Text – II: Plates. (The Bollingen Series 14) Washington, 1948. |
| 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 the 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 (16 September 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |