Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
![Winged hero fighting rampant griffin beside stylised tree (modern [i.e., fake])](/uploads/galleries/e/7/4/e/original_e74e314ef9648d79fef0d422a24e5064.jpg)
| Object no. | S04433 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded winged hero grasps the wing of a rampant griffin with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other while lifting his right leg. He wears a long, belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic. His garment is decorated with a net or crosshatch pattern. In front of the hybrid creature is a stylised tree (rosette tree) with interlinked buds arranged radially. Imitations of cuneiform signs appear on either side of the tree. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- griffin: rampant, winged, head turned backwards - inscription: pseudo cuneiform signs - stylised tree: with interlinked buds arranged radially and tendrils on its stem - winged hero: bearded, winged, wearing a long, belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic, holding a sickle sword (scimitar); the upper part of his garment is decorated with a crosshatch pattern |
| 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-29-492A, F29-6-188-133, HIL.CAT.73 |
| Culture | other |
| Provenance | ex-Hilprecht Collection |
| First occurence | before 1926 |
| Material and features | "rock crystal" |
| Authenticity (public) | modern (i.e., fake); for the pattern, see S02123 (ZN) |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Transliteration |
1. dAMAR.UTU PAB ZI 2. TIN BA-ša2 |
| Translation |
1. O Marduk, preserve life, 2. grant (me) health! |
| Bibliography |
Boissier 1926, 18 and 21 no. 11. Boissier, A.: “Notes assyriologiques: II. A travers la glyptique”, Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 23 (1926), 17–21. https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/383960 [accessed 20–03–2026]. |
| 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 (20 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, ER – Erika Roboz |