Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02006 |
| Description of the seal image | In this schematic scene, a hero grasps a serpent by the head and steps onto its body while a worshipper stands behind, raising one hand. In the sky is a crescent moon. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - hero - serpent - worshipper: raising one hand |
| Subcategory | bead cylinder seal |
| Collection | Penn Museum |
| Museum number | B14355 – CBS 14355 |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | excavated at Nippur in 1894 |
| First occurence | 1894 |
| Archaeological context | Nippur, hill VIII |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 18, d: 5 |
| Material and features | "glazed pottery" |
| Style | sintered quartz |
| Scene | contest, cultic |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Legrain 1925, 313 no. 640 and pl. XXXIII. Legrain, L.: The Culture of the Babylonians. From Their Seals in the Collections of the Museum. I–II. (Publications of the Babylonian Section 14) Philadelphia, 1925. |
| 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 (2 September 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |