Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S03730 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A four-winged female figure (perhaps wind demon) grasps a rampant human-faced winged wild goat (ibex) on either side, each by a foreleg. She wears a horned headdress and a double-belted, tiered and fringed skirt or robe. Behind the rampant beasts is a palmette-like stylised tree with a eight-rayed(?), globe centred star above. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - deity (wind demon): beardless, goddess, four-winged, wearing a horned headdress and a double-belted, tiered and fringed skirt or robe - human-faced winged wild goats (ibexes) (2): rampant - star: eight-rayed(?), globe centred - stylised tree: palmette-like |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A, formerly kept in the Erlenmeyer Collection |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Erlenmeyer Collection, surfaced at Sotheby's (London) 12–06–1997, lot 88 |
| First occurence | 1997 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 26, d: 10 |
| Material and features | "banded agate" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Sotheby's (London) 12–06–1997, 56 lot 88. Sotheby's (London) 12–06–1997: Antiquities including Western Asiatic Antiquities and Cylinder Seals from the Erlenmeyer Collection (Part II) (Sale LN7381 "NIMBUS"). |
| 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 (17 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, ER – Erika Roboz |