Stamp-cylinder seal: Worshipper before gazelle (antelope) below winged sun-disc and incense burner (cylinder image) – winged sun-disc (stamp image)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The cone-shaped stamp-cylinder seal has a suspension loop, below which it is shaped like the heads of two Pazuzu demons. A bearded worshipper wearing a long robe stands before an incense burner (or stylised tree) with seven drill holes surrounding it. On the other side of the latter is a reclining gazelle (antelope) below a winged sun-disc. A smaller winged sun-disc appears beyond the gazelle above which there is a star and the Sibitti (Pleiades). On the stamp image, there is a third winged sun-disc. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- gazelle (antelope): reclining - incense burner (or stylised tree): with seven globes surrounding it - Sibitti (Pleiades) - star: possibly globe-centred with globe-tipped rays - winged sun-discs (3): one on the stamp image - worshipper: wearing a long robe |
| Subcategory | stamp cylinder |
| Collection | The British Museum |
| Museum number | BM WA 140849 – 1988-12-13, 1 |
| Condition, shape | worn |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Urartian |
| Provenance | N/A |
| First occurence | 1988 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 34; sealing surface: h: 16.5; d: 6.5 (top); base h: 16.5; d: 8 (base) |
| Material and features | "leaded tin-bronze: now black" |
| Style | other |
| Scene | animal, offering, ritual |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Collon 2001, 72–73 no. 134, pls. XI 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. |