Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S01021 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by two bands with triple diagonal hatchings arranged in opposing pairs at the top and bottom. A seemingly leaping and not a half-kneeling hero (archer) wearing a broad-belted tunic with a fringed lower edge aims his bow at a human-headed winged bull (aladlammu). The archer has a sword at his waist. The latter is wearing a brimmed headdress. Between the two figures, there are two cuneiform signs pointing in opposite directions. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): two bands with triple diagonal hatchings arranged in opposing pairs at the top and bottom - hero: archer, hunter, leaping, wearing a broad-belted tunic with a fringed lower edge, with a sword at his waist - human-headed winged bull (aladlammu): wearing a brimmed headdress - wedges (2): cuneiform, pointing in opposite directions |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Bibliothèque nationale de France / BnF |
| Museum number | Delaporte.311 |
| Condition, shape | large chip above the hunter; slightly worn |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | acquired from Paul-Émile Botta in 1846 |
| First occurence | 1846 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 38, d: 13 |
| Material and features | "marbre noir veiné de blanc" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Delaporte 1910, 175 no. 311 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 |