Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S05246 |
| Description of the seal image | A bull strides towards a tree. In front of the bull is an eight-rayed star, while above it is a crescent moon next to a six-rayed star. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bull: striding - crescent moon - plant: tree - star 1: eight-rayed - star 2: six-rayed |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | British Museum |
| Museum number | BM 129484 (1945,1013.28) |
| Condition, shape | slightly worn |
| Culture | Middle Assyrian |
| Provenance | ex-Southesk Collection; acquired from J .J . Naaman, 1899 |
| First occurence | 1899 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 30.6, d: 13 (P 4.5) |
| Material and features | hematite: steel-grey |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | animal |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Carnegie 1908, 50–51 no. Qa28 and pl. 2. Carnegie, H., Catalogue of the Collection of Antique Gems. Formed by James Ninth Earl of Southesk K.T. Edited by his DaughterLady Helena Carnegie in Two Volumes. Vol. I: Egyptian Assyrian Syrian Phoenician Greek Etruscan Roman – Vol. II: Sassanian Oriental Mesopotamian Babylonian Assyrian Persian Hittite Cyprian Cilician Mediæval Modern, London, 1908. Collon – Porada 2016, 132 no. MA 30 and pl. 24: MA 30. 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 |