Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04423 |
| Description of the seal image | The royal hero carries a lion on either side, each by a hind leg. He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe). Behind the lion on the right is a striding scorpion-tailed bird-man wearing a brimmed, conical headdress. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- lions (2): inverted, heads turned backwards, snarling - royal hero: bearded, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe) - scorpion-tailed bird-man: striding, bearded, wearing a brimmed, conical headdress |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien |
| Museum number | KHM AS X 85 (AE_SEM_1242) |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges, large chips partly distort the scorpion-tailed bird-man below |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | kept in the Antikensammlung until 1982 |
| First occurence | 1842 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 19, d: 12 |
| Material and features | "Milchopal ... 4 A 3 blaßgelb" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Bleibtreu 1981, 89–90 no. 110. Bleibtreu, E.: Rollsiegel aus dem Vorderen Orient. Zur Steinschneidekunst zwischen etwa 3200 und 400 vor Christus nach Beständen in Wien und Graz. Wien, 1981. |
| 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 |