Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S01126 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A half-kneeling hero (archer) wearing a long, belted robe aims his bow at a human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx). The hero has a tasselled quiver on his back and is further armed with a sword in a sheath at his waist. Between the two figures, there is an eight-rayed star above a fish or a plant, while behind them, the stylus of Nabu. Above the hybrid creature are a crescent moon and a wedge. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - fish or plant (the field is damaged between the two figures) - hero: half-kneeling, archer, hunter, wearing a long, belted robe; he has a tasselled quiver on his back and is further armed with a sword in a sheath at his waist - human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx): bearded, raising a forepaw - star: eight-rayed - stylus of Nabu - wedge: cuneiform |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | De Clercq Collection |
| Museum number | De Clercq 304 |
| Condition, shape | The field is damaged between the two figures. |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | ex-de Clercq Collection |
| First occurence | before 1888 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 27, d: 13 |
| Material and features | "porphyre noir" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
De Clercq – Menant 1888, 176–177 no. 304 and pl. XXIX. De Clercq, L. – Menant, J.: Collection de Clercq: Catalogue méthodique et raisonné. Antiquités assyriennes: Cylindres orientaux, cachets, briques, bronzes, bas-reliefs, etc. I: Cylindres orientaux. I: Texte – II: Planches et carte. Paris, 1888. |
| 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 |