Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04194 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. The seal image comprises of three scenes, a hunting scene on the left, and a ritual framing a contest on the right. A hero (archer), wearing a long, broad-belted robe with a fringed lower edge over a tunic, steps onto two reclining lions while aiming at a third, rampant one. The latter already has two arrows sticking out of its muzzle. Above them in the sky are a horseshoe-shaped symbol with two wedges (perhaps an earring), an eight-rayed star, and a bird. Next to this scene, two bearded heroes or attendants wearing Persian clothing (court robes) support the winged sun-disc with their raised hands. Between them is Bes, wearing a kilt, standing on two lions, and carrying two deer (stags) upside down, each by a hind leg. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- Bes: wearing a kilt, in frontal view - bird - borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - deer (2): stags - hero 1: archer, hunter, wearing a long, broad-belted robe with a fringed lower edge over a tunic, stepping onto lions - heroes or attendants 2-3: Atlantid figures, wearing Persian clothing (court robes), supporting the winged sun-disc with their raised hands - horseshoe-shaped symbol: perhaps an earring, with an arc in the middle and two cuneiform wedges at the sides - lions 1-2: reclining, heads turned backwards - lion 3: rampant, roaring, has two arrows sticking out of its muzzle - lions 4-5: striding - winged sun-disc: with curved appendages |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Archäologisches Museum der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität |
| Museum number | 4323 |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | ex-collection of Tono Eitel |
| First occurence | before 2016 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 23, d: 16 |
| Material and features | "Lapislazuli" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest, hunting, ritual |
| Bibliography |
Neumann 2016, 120–121 and 211 no. 135. Neumann, G.: Altorientalische Siegel und Keilschriftdokumente im Archäologischen Museum der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster. Die Stiftung der Sammlung Tono Eitel (Altertumskunde des Vorderen Orients. Archäologische Studien zur Kultur und Geschichte des Alten Orients 20 – Veröffentlichungen des Archäologischen Museums der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster 6) Münster, 2016. |
| 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 ZN and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (20 March 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter |