Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04425 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded, half-kneeling hero grasps a rampant bull by the foreleg with one hand and carries another bull by the hind leg with the other. He wears a feathered headdress and a broad-belted kilt. Below the forelegs of the rampant bull is an Y-shaped object (possibly a plant). |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bulls (2): one rampant, turning its head backwards, and another, inverted - hero: half-kneeling, bearded, wearing a feathered headdress and a broad-belted kilt - Y-shaped object (possibly a plant) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien |
| Museum number | KHM AS X 68 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| First occurence | 1842 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 25, d: 12 |
| Material and features | "Chalzedon ... 6 C 4 braunorange, durchscheinend" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Bleibtreu 1981, 91 no. 112. Bleibtreu, E.: Rollsiegel aus dem Vorderen Orient. Zur Steinschneidekunst zwischen etwa 3200 und 400 vor Christus nach Beständen in Wien und Graz. Wien, 1981. |
| 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 description of the object done by HL based on the relevant publication provided, then object data and description were finalized by ZN (20 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter |