Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04452 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a human-headed winged lion (shedu and lamassu, sphinxes) on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a long, open robe over a short tunic. On either side of his legs are a fish and a rhomb, respectively, while behind the rampant beasts is an eight-rayed star in the sky. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- hero: bearded, wearing a long, open robe over a short tunic - human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx): rampant, beardless - human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx): rampant, bearded - fish - rhomb - star: eight-rayed |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Vorderasiatische Altertumskunde from 1967, formerly kept in the collection of Erwin Oppenländer |
| Museum number | FUB 114 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | surfaced at auction in London in 1962, ex-Oppenländer Collection |
| First occurence | 1962 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 25, d: 11 |
| Material and features | "Karneol" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Moortgat-Correns 1968, 278 no. 124 and pl. 49. Moortgat-Correns, U.: “Die ehemalige Rollsiegel-Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer”, Baghdader Mitteilungen 4 (1968) 233–289. |
| 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 |