Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S03645 |
| Description of the seal image | The seal image comprises two scenes. In the contest scene, a bearded hero grasps the head of a rampant bull with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other while trampling on the hind legs of the same animal. He wears a long, triple-belted, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic and has tassels hanging from his shoulder or perhaps from a quiver. His robe is decorated with a net or crosshatch pattern above the belt and a pattern of squares between the legs. Facing the hero is a beardless worshipper standing with a sitting dog. He wears a long, fringed robe decorated with a pattern of squares and raises one hand. Above him is an eight-rayed star in the sky. The other scene depicts a wild goat (ibex) flanking a flanking a small tree. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bull: rampant, head turned backwards - dog: sitting - hero: bearded, wearing a long, triple-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic; the robe is decorated with a pattern of rectangles between the legs and a crosshatch pattern on the upper body; tassels hang from the hero's shoulder or perhaps from a quiver; he holds a sickle sword (scimitar) - star: eight-rayed - stylised tree: small - wild goat (ibex): rampant - worshipper: beardless, wearing a long, fringed robe decorated with a pattern of squares |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A, formerly kept in the Openot Collection |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges, large chip partly distorts the tree |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Openot Collection, surfaced at Christie's (London) 08–12–1993, lot 276 |
| First occurence | 1993 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 33, d: N/A |
| Material and features | "yellow chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | animal, contest, dual, ritual |
| Bibliography |
Christie's (London) 08–12–1993, 119 lot 276. Christie's (London) 08–12–1993: Fine Antiquities. |
| 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 description of the object done by HL based on the relevant publication provided, then object data and description were finalized by ZN (17 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter |