Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04126 |
| Description of the seal image |
The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A half-kneeling, bearded hero, wearing a broad-belted tunic with a fringed lower edge, grasps a foreleg of a rampant bull with one hand and holds a scimitar (sickle sword) in the other. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - bull: rampant, head turned backwards - hero: half-kneeling, bearded, wearing a broad-belted tunic with a fringed lower edge, holds a scimitar (sickle sword) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Los Angeles County Museum of Art, formerly kept in the collection of Nasli M. Heeramaneck |
| Museum number | M.76.174.404 |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | ex-Heeramaneck Collection |
| First occurence | 1981 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 23, d: 12 |
| Material and features | "white marble" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Porada 1981, 229 no. 1213. Porada, E.: “Stamp and Cylinder Seals of the Ancient Near East”. In: Moorey, P.R.S. et al. (eds.), Ancient Bronzes, Ceramics and Seals. The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern, Central Asiatic, and European Art. Los Angeles, 1981, 187–234. |
| 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 ZN and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (20 March 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter |