Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02073 |
| Description of the seal image | The royal hero (spearman, archer) wearing a crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe) holds a bow in his raised left hand and stabs a lying Greek hoplite with his right hand using a spear. The latter wears a crested helmet, chest and shin armour (cuirass and greaves), and a leather skirt (pteryges). Behind them is a fruit-bearing date palm. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- royal hero: spearman, archer, wearing a crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe), holding a bow in one hand and a spear on the other - tree: date palm - warrior: wearing Greek armour, crested helmet, cuirass, pteryges, greaves |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | ex-Mrs William H. Moore Collection |
| Museum number | MMA L55.49.126 – Mrs Moore 118 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | ex-Mrs William H. Moore Collection; on loan to the MMA by The Right Reverend Paul Moore Jr. from 1955 |
| First occurence | before 1940 (Mrs William H. Moore's collection) |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 22, d: 10 |
| Material and features | "milky chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | warfare |
| Bibliography |
Eisen 1940, 54–55 no. 102 and pl. XI. Eisen, G. A.: Ancient Oriental Cylinder and Other Seals with a Description of the Collection of Mrs. William H. Moore. (Oriental Institute Publications 47) Chicago, 1940. |
| 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 |