Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02298 |
| Description of the seal image | The cylinder seal image depicts two winged, three-legged, fish-tailed hybrid creatures with wild goat (ibex) heads clashing while a rampant bull looks back at them. The stamp image depicts another fish-tailed hybrid creature. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bull: rampant, head turned backwards - hybrid creatures 1-2: winged, fish-tailed, three-legged, with wild goat (ibex) heads, possibly goat-fish (suhurmashu) - hybrid creature 3: fish-tailed quadruped, on the stamp image |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal stamp cylinder |
| Collection | Allard Pierson Museum, University of Amsterdam |
| Museum number | 18.372 |
| Culture | Urartian |
| Provenance | surfaced at Christie’s (South Kensington, London) 05–10–2000, 158–159 lot 279 (1st item); ex-Kist Collection |
| First occurence | before 2000 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 22; d: 12 (loop) |
| Material and features | "red stone" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | animal |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Christie’s (South Kensington, London) 05–10–2000, 158–159 lot 279 (1st item). Christie’s (South Kensington, London) 05–10–2000: Antiquities (sale ANT-8890). Kist 2003, 198 no. 372. Kist, J.: Ancient Near Eastern Seals from the Kist Collection: Three Millennia of Miniature Reliefs. (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 18) Leiden – Boston, 2003. |
| 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 MNy and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (2 September 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai, ER – Erika Roboz |