Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04469 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded, four-winged hero grasps a rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other while stepping on another, reclining one. He wears a broad-belted, fringed kilt. Behind him is a crescent moon above a six-rayed star. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - human-headed winged lions (shedus, sphinxes) (2): beardless, one rampant and one reclining - star: six-rayed - winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a broad-belted, fringed kilt, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Philadelphia Museum of Art; permanent loan in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, formerly kept in the Hilprecht Collection |
| Museum number | L-29-495A, F-29-6-188-136, HIL.CAT.182 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges, large chip partly distorts the hero's head |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Hilprecht Collection |
| First occurence | 1920 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 26.3, d: 12.9 |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Weber 1920, 63 no. 307. Weber, O.: Altorientalische Siegelbilder. (Text – Abbildungen) (Der Alte Orient 17–18) Leipzig, 1920. Niederreiter 2020, 108 and 110 and fig. 6. Niederreiter Z.: Catalogue of the Cylinder Seals in the Royal Museums of Art and History. |
| 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 description of the object done by HL based on the relevant publication provided, then object data and description were finalized by ZN (20 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter |