Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04078 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded hero grasps a rampant wild goat (ibex) by the neck with one hand and raises a dagger in the other. He wears a long, double-belted, fringed robe. Behind the two figures is a ten-rayed, globe-centred star with three small globes on its right side. Eleven vertical wedges appear scattered around the image field. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bird - borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - globes (3): small - hero: bearded, wearing a long, double-belted robe, holding a dagger - star: ten-rayed, globe-centred - wedges (11): vertical, cuneiform - wild goat (ibex): rampant |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | former Tell-Halaf Museum |
| Condition, shape | slightly worn |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | excavated by Max von Oppenheim at Tell Halaf |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 30, d: N/A |
| Material and features | N/A |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
von Oppenheim 1962, 35 no. 19 and pl. 24: 19. von Oppenheim, M.Fr.: Tell Halaf. Vierter Band: Die Kleinfunde aus historischer Zeit. (bearbeitet und herausgegeben von Barthel Hrouda) Berlin 1962. |
| 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 ER 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 (19 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, ER – Erika Roboz |