Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S05218 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A winged bull gallops towards a bush-like plant with three flowers. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - plant: bush-like, with three flowers - winged bull: galloping |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | British Museum |
| Museum number | BM 103313 (1893,05138) |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges (the red streak runs from the top of the seal, across the bull’s head and down the front of its chest) |
| Culture | Middle Assyrian |
| Provenance | acquired by the museum from J .E. Géjou |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 30.4, d: 13.2 (P 3.9) |
| Material and features | quartz, chalcedony: streaked, pink and white with streak of red inclusions |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | animal, ritual |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Porada(†) – Collon 2016, 124 no. MA 3 and pl. 22: MA 3. 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 |