| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene appears to be framed by dentate borders at the top and bottom. A deity sitting on a throne is being approached by a worshipper holding a snake and a spear and by another figure holding the same spear with one hand and a bow with the other. The second worshipper appears to be naked and standing on a reclining griffin. The deity wears a long, fringed robe and has a human head on their lap. Between the two worshippers is a four-rayed star with globe-tipped rays. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): dentate borders at the top and bottom - deity: sitting, raising one hand, wearing a long, fringed robe - griffin: reclining - human head - throne: high-backed chair, tasselled - worshipper 1: wearing a short tunic, holding a snake in one hand and a spear in the other - worshipper 2: possibly naked, seemingly standing on a griffin, holding a spear in one hand and a bow in the other |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | National Museum of Aleppo |
| Museum number | M.4579 |
| Culture | other |
| Provenance | acquired in 1949 |
| First occurence | 1949 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 37; d: 12 |
| Material and features | "steatite" |
| Authenticity (public) | modern (i.e., fake) |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Translation | N/A |
| Bibliography |
Hammade 1987, 66–67 no. 122. Hammade, H.: Cylinder Seals from the Collections of the Aleppo Museum, Syrian Arab Republic. I: Seals of Unknown Provenience. (BAR International Series 335) Oxford, 1987. |