Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S01148 |
| Description of the seal image | Ninurta aims his bow at the rampant Anzu (lion-griffin). He wears a round headdress and a long robe decorated with a crosshatch pattern between his legs. Below the wing of Anzu is a 'ball-and-staff' symbol, while in front of the figure, arranged in a column, is a crescent moon, a rhomb and a fish. Beyond these symbols is a winged sun-disc above a stylised tree similar to an ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree) with a globe in the middle. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- Anzu: lion-griffin, donkey ears, bird tail, winged, rampant, head turned backwards - 'ball-and-staff' - crescent moon - ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree): with a globe in the middle - fish - Ninurta: archer, hunter, aiming a bow with his left hand, and brandishing another weapon in his raised right hand, wearing a round headdress and a long robe decorated with a crosshatch pattern between his legs - rhomb - winged sun-disc |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | De Clercq Collection |
| Museum number | De Clercq 325 |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-de Clercq Collection |
| First occurence | before 1888 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 33, d: 15 |
| Material and features | "sardoine" |
| Style | cut, drilled |
| Scene | pursuing |
| Bibliography |
De Clercq – Menant 1888, 182 no. 325 and pl. XXX. De Clercq, L. – Menant, J.: Collection de Clercq: Catalogue méthodique et raisonné. Antiquités assyriennes: Cylindres orientaux, cachets, briques, bronzes, bas-reliefs, etc. I: Cylindres orientaux. I: Texte – II: Planches et carte. Paris, 1888. |
| 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 GE based on the relevant publication provided, then the data was checked by MNy and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN. GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |