Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S05216 |
| Description of the seal image | A mouflon strides towards an elaborate stylised plant. Between its legs are a flower and a small plant, while above it are two crescent moons, an eight-rayed, globe-centred star, and a Kassite cross. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moons (2) - flower - mouflon: striding, raising a foreleg, head turned bacwkards - Kassite cross - plant: small - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred - stylised tree: palmette-type tree surrounded by interlinked buds, reminiscent of a rosette |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | British Museum |
| Museum number | BM 102535 (1908,0411.43) |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges; highly polished |
| Culture | Middle Assyrian |
| Provenance | acquired by the museum from J E. Géjou |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 28.1, d: 14 (P 4.5) |
| Material and features | quartz, jasper: yellow-brown, black dendritic inclusions |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | animal, ritual |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Matthews 1990, no. 335. Matthews, D.M., Principles of Composition in Near Eastern Glyptic of the Later Second Millennium B.C. (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis. Series Archaeologica, 8), Freiburg – Göttingen, 1990. Collon 2005, 189–190 no. 916. Collon, D.: First Impressions: Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East [First published in 1987] London, 2005. Porada(†) – Collon 2016, 124 no. MA 1 and pl. 22: MA 1. 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 |