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Neo-Assyrian period : Impressions of cylinder seals, reign of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 BC)

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dc.contributor.authorStrommenger, Eva
dc.coverage.spatialMesopotamia
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-06T04:59:01Z
dc.date.available2020-02-06T04:59:01Z
dc.date.created1964
dc.date.updated2020-02-06T04:59:01Z
dc.descriptionTop : 9th-7th century BC, steatite, h : 3.7 cm (Pierpont Morgan Library, New York)
dc.descriptiona god aims with bow and arrow at a fleeing lion-griffin
dc.descriptionhe is standing on a winged and horned dragon
dc.descriptionsymbols are spread evenly over the rest of the surface : winged solar disc, palmette tree, star, lozenge and fish. Second (left) : 9th-7th century BC, milky flint, h : 3.7 cm (Munich, Staatliche Munzsammlung)
dc.descriptiona winged griffin and a god bending a bow stand opposite each other
dc.descriptioncrescent and star are the only symbols shown. Second (right) : Seal of Mushezib-Ninurta, c. 850 BC, from Tell Arban, northern Syria, chalcedony, h : 4.9 cm (British Museum)
dc.descriptionthis representation with king and bird-griffin on either side of a palmette tree recalls palace reliefs of Ashurnasirpal II (WA-112)
dc.descriptionthe god Ashur in a winged sun hovers above the tree, while the gestures of the deities symbolise fertility. Bottom : Seal of Ashur-beli-usur, c. 804 BC, chalcedony, h : 5.5 cm (Cabinet des Medailles, Paris)
dc.descriptiona supplicant stands between (left) storm-god on bull and (right) the goddess Ishtar
dc.descriptionstar, crescent, the Pleiades and winged sun hover in the air.
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediumslide
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.identifierANUA 682-4197
dc.identifier.otherWA-111
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/201494
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2020
dc.rights.licenseThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
dc.subjectLarsa Dynasty, Assyria, Babylon
dc.subjectseals
dc.subjectbook scan
dc.titleNeo-Assyrian period : Impressions of cylinder seals, reign of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 BC)
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesSource : Eva Strommenger, The Art of Mesopotamia, translated by Christina Haglund, London, Thames & Hudson, 1964, Illustration 190

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