Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S01129 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded hero wearing a headband and a long, broad-belted robe over a tunic with a fringed edge grasps a foreleg of a rampant griffin with his right hand and brandishes his weapon (probably a dagger) above his head with the left. Between them, there are traces of a figure (possibly a reclining wild goat, which has its head turned back), while behind them is a stylised palmette tree with a notched stem and offshoots. In the sky, an eight-rayed, globe-centred star, a crescent moon and the Sibitti (Pleiades) appear. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - griffin: rampant, winged, raising a forepaw - hero: wearing a headband and a long, broad-belted robe over a tunic with a fringed edge; holding a dagger or sword at his waist - Sibitti (Pleiades) - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred - stylised tree: palmette on top, notched stem, offshoots - wild goat(?): between the two figures |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | De Clercq Collection |
| Museum number | De Clercq 307 |
| Condition, shape | damaged lower edge and field between the two figures |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | ex-de Clercq Collection |
| First occurence | before 1888 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 38, d: 14 |
| Material and features | "porphyre noir" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
De Clercq – Menant 1888, 178 no. 307 and pl. XXIX. De Clercq, L. – Menant, J.: Collection de Clercq: Catalogue méthodique et raisonné. Antiquités assyriennes: Cylindres orientaux, cachets, briques, bronzes, bas-reliefs, etc. I: Cylindres orientaux. I: Texte – II: Planches et carte. Paris, 1888. |
| 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 MNy and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN. GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |