Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S04059 |
| Description of the seal image | The upper third of the object has been broken off. The remaining scene depicts a half-kneeling winged hero grasping a scorpion-tailed hybrid creature with one hand and holding a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other. He wears a triple-belted, fringed tunic. Behind the two figures is the tasselled spade of Marduk on a stand. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- hybrid creature: scorpion-tailed - spade of Marduk: tasselled, on a stand - winged hero: winged, half-kneeling, wearing a triple-belted, fringed tunic, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Iraq Museum |
| Museum number | IM 23612 |
| Condition, shape | upper third of the object has been broken off, worn |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | excaveted at Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad) between 1932–1934 |
| First occurence | between 1932–1934 |
| Archaeological context | Residence Z, Room 13 |
| Registration number | DS 1139 |
| Material and features | "gray stone" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Loud – Altman 1938, 98 no. 89 and pl. 58. Loud, G. – Altman, Ch.B.: Khorsabad. II: The Citadel and the Town (Oriental Institute Publications 40) Chicago, Illinois, 1938. |
| 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 (19 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, ER – Erika Roboz |