Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04426 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a rampant lion-griffin with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other. He wears either a dentate crown (cidaris) or a feather-topped headdress and a long, double-belted, fringed, open robe. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- lion-griffin: rampant, roaring - royal hero: bearded, wearing either a dentate crown (cidaris) or a feather-topped headdress and a long, double-belted, fringed, open robe, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien |
| Museum number | KHM AS X 159 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| First occurence | 1981 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 37.8, d: 11.7 |
| Material and features | "Achat ... 8 F 4 dunkelbraun, 5 D 4 hellbraun und 5 A 1 wieß" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Bleibtreu 1981, 92 no. 113. 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 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 |