Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S00603 |
| Description of the seal image | The object has been damaged by chipping, distorting the seal image vertically. The remaining scene depicts a bearded worshipper in a long robe facing a stylised tree. Behind him is a rampant human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx). Below the latter's belly is a four-rayed star with globe-tipped rays (cross), while above its wings is a crescent moon. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx): rampant, bearded - star or cross: four-rayed, with globe-tipped rays - stylised tree: arch-and-net tree - worshipper: bearded, wearing a long robe |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The Morgan Library & Museum |
| Museum number | Morgan Seal 708 |
| Condition, shape | partly broken off; chipping probably distorts the winged sun-disc above the stylised tree |
| 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: 11 |
| Material and features | "grey chert" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | ritual |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Porada 1948, 87 no. 708 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 MNy based on the relevant publication provided; object data and description were finalized by ZN (16 September 2026). ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |