Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
![Worshipper (priest) facing oil burner, crescent moon and bird (rooster[?]) on cult daises (parakkus)](/uploads/galleries/4/e/c/9/original_4ec9fcc05199bfd6fd54e58f4a52cc55.jpg)
| Object no. | S00391 |
| Description of the seal image | A bald, beardless worshipper (priest) stands facing an oil burner with a stand terminating in bull's feet, a crescent moon altar on a cult dais (parakku), and another cult dais with a striding bird (rooster[?]) on top. The worshipper wears a long, belted, fringed robe and holds a cup or goblet and a bucket. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bird (rooster[?]): striding, on a cult dais - crescent moon altar: on a cult dais - cult daises (parakkus) (2): with vertical niches - oil burner: tall, stand with bull's feet - worshipper: priest, bald, beardless, wearing a long, belted, fringed robe, holding a cup and a bucket |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The British Museum |
| Museum number | BM WA 89311 – 1856-4-24, 7 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | the seal was actually already in the British Museum in 1853 when Sir Austen Henry Layard published a drawing of it |
| First occurence | before 1853; "the seal was actually already in the British Museum in 1853 when Layard published a drawing of it" |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 38.5; d: 20 |
| Material and features | "quartz, chalcedony: blue" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | offering |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Collon 2001, 194–195 no. 391, pl. XXXII and XLII. 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 |