Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S01346 |
| Description of the seal image | The cylinder image comprises two registers separated by a horizontal ruling. In the upper register, there are the heads of a bull, two deer (stags), and two wild goats (ibexes). In front of the bull is an eight-rayed, globe-centred star, while between the deer is a crescent moon. In the lower register, the animal heads include bull, a mouflon, two deer (stags) with a bird between them, a bird of prey, and a horse or onager(?). The stamp image shows a reclining griffin with a crescent moon above and a triangular pattern below. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- animal heads (11): two bulls, four deer (stags), two wild goats (ibexes), two mouflons, one bird of prey, and one horse or onager(?) - bird - borderline: horizontal ruling in the middle of the cylinder image; triangular pattern with dots on the stamp image - crescent moons (2) - griffin: reclining - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal stamp cylinder |
| Collection | Bibel+Orient Museum, Freiburg / Bibel+Orient Museum, Fribourg |
| Museum number | VR 1981.214 |
| Culture | Urartian |
| Provenance | N/A |
| First occurence | 1981 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 24.8, d: 14.6–16.4 |
| Material and features | "grünschwarzer Serpentin" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | animal |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Keel-Leu – Teissier 2004, 218 and 449 no. 243. Keel-Leu, H. J. – Teissier, B.: Die vorderasiatischen Rollsiegel der Sammlungen «Bibel+Orient» der Universität Freiburg Schweiz = The Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals of the Collections «Bible+Orient» of the University of Fribourg. (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 200) Fribourg – Göttingen, 2004. |
| 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 |