Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02011 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A hero (archer) wearing a tunic aims his bow at a coiled-up horned serpent. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - hero: archer, wearing tunic - horned serpent (bashmu): coiled-up |
| Subcategory | bead cylinder seal |
| Collection | Penn Museum |
| Museum number | B14354 – CBS 14354 |
| Condition, shape | weathered surface |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | excavated at Nippur in 1894 |
| First occurence | 1984 |
| Archaeological context | Nippur, hill VIII |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 22, d: 8 |
| Material and features | "glazed pottery" |
| Style | sintered quartz |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Legrain 1925, 313 no. 646 and pl. XXXIII. Legrain, L.: The Culture of the Babylonians. From Their Seals in the Collections of the Museum. I–II. (Publications of the Babylonian Section 14) Philadelphia, 1925. |
| 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 |