Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S00389 |
| Description of the seal image | A beardless, bald worshipper (priest) stands facing two divine symbols, including a crescent moon on a short post placed on a cult dais (parakku), and an encircled six-rayed, globe-centred star on a similar post and dais. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon: on a short post decorated with a vertical ladder pattern - cult daises (parakkus) (2): with vertical niches - star: six-rayed, globe-centred, on a short post decorated with a vertical ladder pattern - worshipper, priest: beardless, bald, wearing a long, fringed robe |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The British Museum |
| Museum number | BM WA 89813 – 1859-3-1, 88 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Prince Poniatowski Collection, Florence; ex-Hertz Collection sold by J. Mayer at Sotheby's, London, 9 February 1859, lot 404 |
| First occurence | ex Prince Poniatowski Collection, Florence, before 1847 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 37; d: 17 |
| Material and features | "quartz, chalcedony: spotted/mottled, pale green and dark brown" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | cultic |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Collon 2001, 193–194 no. 389 and pl. XXXII. 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 |