Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S05240 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. Two rampant wild goats (ibexes) flank a tree on a hill or mountain. Below their forelegs are two smaller, reclining wild goats. A horizontally-set, two-line cuneiform inscription is engraved behind the wild goats, in the upper image field. The inscription is framed and separated by rulings. Below it is an elaborate cross-shaped symbol with floral motifs on its points. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - hill or mountain - inscription: horizontally-set, two lines, cuneiform, framed and separated by rulings - plant: tree with a zig-zag stem - undetermined motif: cross-shaped, with floral motifs on its points - wild goats (ibexes) (4): two large, rampant, and two small, reclining |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | British Museum |
| Museum number | BM 129548 (1945,1013.92) |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Middle Assyrian |
| Provenance | ex-Southesk Collection; acquired from J.J Naaman, 1901 |
| First occurence | 1901 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 24.3, d: 11.6 (P 3.4) |
| Material and features | quartz, chalcedony: pale grey with blue-grey inclusions |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | animal, ritual |
| Writing system, language | cuneiform: Akkadian |
| Transliteration |
(1) KIŠIB mU-A-PAP (2) A kur-ba-ni |
| Translation |
(1) Seal of Adad-apla-uṣur, (2) son of Kurbani. |
| Bibliography |
Carnegie 1908, 94 no. Qc11, p. 94 and pl. 8. Carnegie, H., Catalogue of the Collection of Antique Gems. Formed by James Ninth Earl of Southesk K.T. Edited by his DaughterLady Helena Carnegie in Two Volumes. Vol. I: Egyptian Assyrian Syrian Phoenician Greek Etruscan Roman – Vol. II: Sassanian Oriental Mesopotamian Babylonian Assyrian Persian Hittite Cyprian Cilician Mediæval Modern, London, 1908. Porada(†) – Collon 2016, 130 no. MA 24 and pl. 24: MA 24 and pl. 57: MA 24. Porada(†), E. – Collon, D., Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals IV: The Second Millennium BC (Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals 4), London, 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 ER based on the relevant publication provided, then the data was checked by MNy, the present object descriptions done by HL, and the transliteration and translation of the seal legend done by ZN; object data and description were finalized by ZN (11 September 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, ER – Erika Roboz |