Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02038 |
| Description of the seal image | A half-kneeling, bearded hero (archer) wearing a belted tunic with a fringed lower edge aims his bow at a human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx). The archer has a sword in a sheath at his waist and a tasselled quiver full of arrows on his back. Between the two figures, there is an eight-rayed star above and a small, palmette-like stylised plant below. Above the hybrid creature is a crescent moon. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - hero: archer, hunter, bearded, wearing a belted tunic with a fringed lower edge, has a sword in a sheath at his waist and a tasselled quiver full of arrows on his back - human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx): beardless, head turned backwards, raising a forepaw - star: eight-rayed - stylised plant: small, palmette-like |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | private collection |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | ex-Sir Austen Henry Layard Collection; private collection in Venice |
| First occurence | before 1952 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 22, d: 10 |
| Material and features | "Steatit" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Borowski 1952, 174–175 no. 5 and Taf. XXII. Borowski, E.: "Siegel der Sammlung Layard". Orientalia 21 (1952) 168–183. |
| 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 |