Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04401 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a human-faced winged wild goat (ibex) by the horn with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other. He wears a long, tiered and fringed, open robe and has a quiver on his back and a sword at his waist. Beyond the hybrid creature is a sitting dog facing a stylised tree (rosette tree) with interlinked buds arranged radially. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- dog: sitting - hero: bearded, wearing a long, tiered and fringed, open robe, has a quiver on his back and a sword at his waist; the upper part of his garment is decorated with a crosshatch pattern - human-faced winged wild goat (ibex): rampant, head turned backwards - stylised tree (rosette tree): with interlinked buds arranged radially |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien |
| Museum number | KHM ÄgS Sem. 1138 (ex VKM 25402) |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges, large chips partly distort the figures |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| First occurence | 1967 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 28.7, d: 12.8 |
| Material and features | "Chalzedon ... 8 C 6 braunrot" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Bleibtreu 1981, 73–74 no. 88. 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 |