Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S01216 |
| Description of the seal image | A royal hero wearing a crown (cidaris) and a long, belted robe grasps a rampant griffin by the neck with his left hand and holds a dagger or short sword (akinakes) in his lowered right hand. Unfinished seal image. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- griffin: rampant, winged - royal hero: bearded, wearing a crown (cidaris) and a long, belted robe, holding a dagger or short sword (akinakes) in his lowered right hand |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | De Clercq Collection |
| Museum number | De Clercq 383 |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Culture and/or date | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | ex-de Clercq Collection |
| First occurence | before 1888 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 22, d: 12 |
| Material and features | "sardoine rubanée" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
De Clercq – Menant 1888, 210 no. 383 and pl. XXXIV. 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 |