Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S00949 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a griffin by the neck on either side. He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and a long, double-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- griffins (2): rampant, crested, winged - hero: bearded, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and a long, double-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic |
| Subcategory | bead cylinder seal |
| Collection | The British Museum |
| Museum number | BM ANE 113878 – 1919-7-12, 627 |
| Condition, shape | damaged upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | said to be from Susa; acquired from I. Élias Géjou |
| First occurence | 1919 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 36; d: 10 (14) (barrel-shaped) |
| Material and features | "Quartz, eyed sardonyx (artificially dyed): banded, browns and white-grey. The surface of the brown bands is partly damaged by shallow flaking, creating a patchy appearance and revealing that the brown coloration is restricted to the surface of a grey matrix. The seal was probably worked in grey and whitish agate and then dyed, using a honey-like solution so that the induced colouring follows rhe natural banding of the material (see Chapter VI.1.4 and VI.2.1.6). The barrel shape of the seal suggests it was reworked from a bead (see Chapter VI.4)." |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Translation | N/A |
| Bibliography |
Merrillees 2005, 57 no. 25 and pl. XI. Merrillees, P. H.: Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals VI: Pre-Achaemenid and Achaemenid Periods. (Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals 6) London, 2005. |
| 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 GWN 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 (24 February 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai, GWN – Gábor Winkler-Nemes |