Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04447 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A half-kneeling hero wearing a broad-belted tunic with a fringed lower edge grasps the raised foreleg of a griffin with his left hand and brandishes a straight weapon (possibly a dagger) in his raised right hand. Behind the two figures are an eight-rayed, globe-centred star above a bird and a rhomb, while between them is a wedge above and a fish below. Above the hybrid creature is a crescent moon next to the Sibitti (Pleiades). |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bird - borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - fish - griffin: rampant, winged - hero: half-kneeling, bearded, wearing a broad-belted tunic with a fringed lower edge, holding a dagger - rhomb - Sibitti (Pleiades) - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred - wedge: cuneiform |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Vorderasiatische Altertumskunde from 1967, formerly kept in the collection of Erwin Oppenländer |
| Museum number | FUB 116 |
| Condition, shape | slightly damaged upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | ex-Oppenländer Collection |
| First occurence | 1968 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 29, d: 12 |
| Material and features | "schwarzer Stein" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Moortgat-Correns 1968, 276 no. 119 and pl. 48. Moortgat-Correns, U.: “Die ehemalige Rollsiegel-Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer”, Baghdader Mitteilungen 4 (1968) 233–289. |
| 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 |