Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S05206 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders within rows of outward-pointing triangles at the top and bottom. Two rampant bulls flank a stylised tree. Behind them is a globe-centred star above a crescent moon, a bird, and a rhomb. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bird - borderlines (2): line borders within rows of outward-pointing triangles at the top and bottom - bulls (2): rampant - crescent moon - rhomb - star: globe-centred - stylised tree: rosette-type tree with interlinked buds |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | British Museum |
| Museum number | BM 119197 (1927,1003.192) |
| Condition, shape | worn |
| Culture | Isin II |
| Provenance | acquired by the museum from Sir Leonard Woolley's excavations at Ur |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 50.1, d: 19.5 (P 41) |
| Material and features | limestone, mottled, pinks |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | animal, ritual |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Porada(†) – Collon 2016, 82 no. 3K 4 and pl. 13: 3K 4. 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 ZN and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (11 September 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, ER – Erika Roboz |