Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S05207 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by rows of outward-pointing triangles decorated with a crosshatch pattern. A lion attacks a stumbling bull. Above the bull are a crescent moon, a star, and a rhomb. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): rows of outward-pointing triangles decorated with a crosshatch pattern - bull: stumbling - crescent moon - lion: semi-rampant, roaring - rhomb - star |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | British Museum |
| Museum number | BM 89386 (1841,0726.162) |
| Culture | Isin II |
| Provenance | ex-Claude Scott Stewart Collection |
| First occurence | before 1841 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 39, d: 13.5 (the ends of the perforation are shaped like equilateral triangles with sides, c. 0.48 cm) |
| Material and features | limestone (partly dolomitised), brown |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | animal |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Porada(†) – Collon 2016, 82 no. 3K 5 and pl. 13: 3K 5 and pl. 48: 3K 5. Porada(†), E. – Collon, D., Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals IV: The Second Millennium BC (Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals 4), London, 2016. |
| 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 ER based on the relevant publication provided, then the data was checked by ZN and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (11 September 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, ER – Erika Roboz |