Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S05211 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by double-line borders at the top and bottom. A bull gallops towards a stylised plant with three branches. A four-rayed star and a vertically-set crescent moon appear above the animal, while in front of it is a rhomb. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): double-line borders at the top and bottom - bull: galloping - crescent moon: vertically-set - rhomb - star: four-rayed - stylised plant: with three branches |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | British Museum |
| Museum number | BM 89560 (1880,1112.2146) |
| Condition, shape | unevenly shaped, broken in two and repaired |
| Culture | Isin II |
| Provenance | acquired by the museum from H. Rassam’s excavations at Birs Nimrud (Borsippa) |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 48.5, d: 16.9 (tapering to 14.3; P 6) |
| Material and features | faience, whitish core with fragmentary glaze surviving, now red, brown and white |
| Style | sintered quartz |
| Scene | animal, ritual |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Porada(†) – Collon 2016, 84 no. 3K 15, pl. 14: 3K 15 and pl. 48: 3K 15. Porada(†), E. – Collon, D., Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals IV: The Second Millennium BC (Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals 4), London, 2016. |
| 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 ZN and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (11 September 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, ER – Erika Roboz |