Two scorpion-tailed bird-men flanking incense burner

Object no.	S05345
Description of the seal image	Two scorpion-tailed bird-men face each other. Between them is a crescent moon above an incense burner. The figures are set on a ground line.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- crescent moon - ground line - incense burner - scorpion-tailed bird-men (2): bearded, wearing horned headdresses
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	Rijksmuseum van Oudheden; formerly kept in the Cabinet Royal des Médailles à la Haye
Museum number	M.141
Culture	Achaemenid, Neo-Babylonian
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter	h: 27, d: 14
Material and features	lapis lazuli bleu trouble
Style	linear
Scene	animal, offering
Transliteration	N/A
Bibliography	Lajard 1847, 7 Planche XXVIII: no. 11 and pl. 28: 11. Lajard, F.: Introduction à l’étude du culte public et des mystères de Mithra en orient et en occident. Paris, 1847. Menant 1878, 57 no. 141–8. Menant, J.: Catalogue des cylindres orientaux du Cabinet Royal des Médailles de La Haye. La Haye, 1878. Zadok-Josephus 1952, 34 no. 128. Zadoks-Josephus J.A.N.: Catalogue sommaire des cylindres orientaux au Cabinet royal des médailles à La Haye*. (En collaboration avec R. Frankena) La Haye, 1952.

Object history

Divine World Glyptics