Stamp-cylinder seal: Two reclining lion-griffins facing spade of Marduk (marru) (cylinder image) – lion-griffin (stamp image)

Kategória	Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image	The cylinder seal image is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. Two reclining lion-griffins face the spade of Marduk (marru) on the left. Above them are two hatched crescent moons. In front of the one directly facing the spade, there seems to be a small fish. The stamp image depicts another similar creature with a crescent moon above and an omega-shaped symbol below.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- borderlines (2): line broders at the top and bottom - crescent moons (3): hatched - fish: uncertain: crosshatched - lion-griffins (3): reclining, on on stamp image - omega-shaped symbol - spade of Marduk (marru)
Subcategory	stamp cylinder
Collection	Archaologisches Museum der Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Münster
Museum number	3658
Condition, shape	slightly damaged upper and lower edges
Culture	Urartian
Provenance	ex-collection of Tono Eitel
First occurence	before 2016
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter	h: 16 (with loop: 12), d: 12
Material and features	grauer Kalkstein
Style	linear
Scene	animal
Transliteration	N/A
Bibliography	Neumann 2016, 115 and 211 no. 127. Neumann, G.: Altorientalische Siegel und Keilschriftdokumente im Archäologischen Museum der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster. Die Stiftung der Sammlung Tono Eitel (Altertumskunde des Vorderen Orients. Archäologische Studien zur Kultur und Geschichte des Alten Orients 20 – Veröffentlichungen des Archäologischen Museums der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster 6) Münster, 2016.