Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04475 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a long, belted, tiered, open robe over a short tunic. On either side of his legs is a small, cactus-like stylised plant. Behind the rampant beasts is the winged sun-disc in the sky. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- hero: bearded, wearing a long, belted, tiered, open robe over a short tunic - human-headed winged lions (shedus, sphinxes) (2): rampant, beardless, heads turned backwards - stylised plants (2): small, cactus-like - winged sun-disc |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Halieis Publication Committee, Indiana University Archives |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian, peripheral |
| Provenance | found at an excavation in Halieis |
| Archaeological context | residential: House D |
| Registration number | HS 517 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 22, d: 12.2 |
| Material and features | "red to pinkish carnelian" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Ault 2018, 368–369 and figs. 3 b–c. Ault, Br.A.: "A Seal for Sam: A Neo-Assyrian Cylinder Seal from Halieis, Greece". In: Pedde, Fr. – Shelley, N. (eds.) Assyromania and More In Memory of Samuel M. Paley. (marru 4) Münster 2018, 367–372. |
| 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 |