Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S00604 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded worshipper in a long robe faces a stylised tree on a hill with the winged sun-disc above. In front of the worshipper are the Sibitti (Pleiades) at ground level, while behind him are a six-rayed, globe-centred star and a crescent moon above a cross-legged offering table, a rhomb, and a fish. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - fish - hill: crosshatched semicircle - rhomb - Sibitti (Pleiades) - star: six-rayed, globe-centred - stylised tree: with globe-tipped branches, on a hill - table: offering, cross-legged, with a cloth on top - winged sun-disc - worshipper: bearded, wearing a long robe |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The Morgan Library & Museum |
| Museum number | Morgan Seal 709 |
| 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: 20, d: 11 |
| Material and features | "white chalcedony" |
| Bibliography |
Porada 1948, 87 no. 709 and pl. CVI. 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 description of the object done by MNy based on the relevant publication provided, then object data and description were finalized by ZN (16 July 2026). ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |