Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04232 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a rampant winged bull by the ear with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other while kicking another winged bull falling backwards. He wears a headband and a long, double-belted, tiered and fringed open robe, and has a sword at his waist. Behind the figures is the winged sun-disc above a stylised tree (arch-and-net tree). |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- hero: bearded, wearing a headband and a long, double-belted, tiered and fringed open robe, and has a sword at his waist, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) - stylised tree (arch-and-net tree): with buds or cones and a net pattern - winged bulls (2): one rampant and one falling backwards - winged sun-disc: with volutes and globe-tipped appendages |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| First occurence | 1991 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 37, d: 20 |
| Material and features | "glassified black stone" (in Japanese) |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Ishida, ed., 1991, 37 no. III–4–10. Ishida, K., ed.: Inshō no sekai. Kodai oriento bijutsu to rekishi no kataribe [The World of Seals. Narrators/Storytellers of the Visual Arts and History of the Ancient Near East]. Tokyo, 1991 [in Japanese]. |
| 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 |