Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S03703 |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded, four-winged hero grasps a rampant human-faced winged wild goat (ibex) on either side, each by the head. He wears a long, triple-belted, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic. Behind the rampant beasts is a horizontally-set alphabetic inscription in the upper image field. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- human-faced winged wild goats (ibexes) (2): rampant - inscription: horizontally-set, alphabetic - winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a long, triple-belted, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A, formerly kept in James Lewis Kraft Collection |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | Ex-James Lewis Kraft Collection, then surfaced at Sotheby’s (New York) 17–12–1996, lot 359 |
| First occurence | 1996 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 29, d: 16 |
| Material and features | "smoky chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Writing system, language | alphabetic |
| Transliteration |
(one line) |
| Bibliography |
Sotheby’s (New York) 17–12–1996, lot 359. Sotheby’s (New York) 17–12–1996: Antiquities. |
| 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 (17 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, ER – Erika Roboz |