Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04476 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero carries a lion on either side, one by its hind leg and one by its foreleg. He wears a belted tunic. Next to them is a Lydian symbol depicting a vertical line with crescent-shaped ends and an alphabetic inscription. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- hero: bearded, wearing a belted tunic - inscription: alphabetic - lions (2): one inverted and one rampant, both roaring - Lydian symbol: vertical line with crescent-shaped ends |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Buffalo Museum of Science, formerly kept in the Herzfeld Collection |
| Museum number | BMS C15046 |
| Condition, shape | slightly damaged upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | ex-Herzfeld Collection, acquired by Ernst E. Herzfeld (1879–1948) at Iran between 1923–1934, then sold to the museum by the Brummer Gallery (New York) in 1944 |
| First occurence | between 1923–1934 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 16, d: 10 |
| Material and features | "blue agate" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Writing system, language | alphabetic: two-column vertical Paleo-Phrygian inscription |
| Transliteration |
(1) mane (2) on: en |
| Translation |
1. mane(s)… 2. omen. |
| Bibliography |
Lerner 2018, 373–383, fig. 1a–b and fig. 2. Lerner, J.A..: "Preliminary Remarks on an Achaemenid Seal with a Phrygian Inscription". In: Pedde, Fr. – Shelley, N. (eds.) Assyromania and More In Memory of Samuel M. Paley. (marru 4) Münster 2018, 373–383. |
| 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 ER based on the relevant publication provided, then the data was checked by ZN and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (20 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, ER – Erika Roboz |