Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S01026 |
| Description of the seal image | The lower half of the object has been broken off. The remaining scene is framed by a line border at the top. A bearded divine hero (archer) wearing a horned headdress aims his bow at a rampant winged bull. Above the latter are a crescent moon and single wedges on each side. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderline: line border at the top (the lower half of the object has been broken off) - crescent moon - divine hero: winged, bearded, wearing a horned headdress - wedges (2): cuneiform - winged bull: rampant, head turned backwards |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Bibliothèque nationale de France / BnF |
| Museum number | Delaporte.316 |
| Condition, shape | upper half of the object has been broken off; slightly damaged |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | acquired in 1857 |
| First occurence | 1857 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 17+, d: 14 |
| Material and features | "serpentine" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Delaporte 1910, 177 no. 316 and pl. XXI. Delaporte, L.: Catalogue des cylindres orientaux et des cachets assyro-babyloniens, perses et syro-cappadociens de la Bibliothèque Nationale. I–II. Paris, 1910. |
| 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 GE based on the relevant publication provided, then the data was checked by MNy and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN. GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |