Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S03806 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded hero grasps a rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a long, belted, open robe over a short tunic. On either side of his body is an eight-rayed, globe-centred star in the sky and a rhomb below, and a crescent moon in the sky, and a fish below, respectively. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - fish - hero: bearded, wearing a long, belted, open robe over a short tunic - human-headed winged lions (shedus, sphinxes) (2): rampant, beardless - rhomb - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | surfaced at Christie’s (South Kensington, London) 05–10–2000, lot 281 |
| First occurence | 2000 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 36, d: N/A |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Christie’s (South Kensington, London) 05–10–2000, 158–159 lot 281. Christie’s (South Kensington, London) 05–10–2000: Antiquities (sale ANT-8890). |
| 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 (17 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter |