Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S00169 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded worshipper kneels before the winged sun-disc above four parallel, horizontal lines, likely representing a stylised plant. Beyond the plant are three symbols above one another, including a crescent moon, a rhomb, and a fish. Next to the winged sun-disc is a small glboe. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - fish - globe: small - rhomb - stylised plant: uncertain - winged sun-disc: with globe-tipped appendages on the top and bottom - worshipper: bearded, wearing a long, double-belted, fringed robe |
| Subcategory | stamp cylinder |
| Collection | The British Museum |
| Museum number | BM WA 125781 – 1937-12-11, 62 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian, peripheral |
| Provenance | acquired by Sir Max Mallowan during his Khabur/Balikh survey |
| First occurence | 1937 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 15 (21 including knob); d: 8 |
| Material and features | "quartz, chalcedony: blue with white inclusions" |
| Style | cut, drilled |
| Scene | ritual |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Collon 2001, 96 no. 169, pls. XIII and XLIII. Collon, D.: Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals V: Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Periods. (Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals 5) London, 2001. |
| 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 preliminary description of the object done by ER based on the relevant publication provided, then the data was checked by MNy and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (16 September 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai, ER – Erika Roboz |