Objekt:

 Rollsiegel, Hämatit (§ 357-360), 19,7 x 10 mm.

Datierung:

 1850-1720.

Herkunft:

 Nordsyrien.

Sammlung:

 Fribourg, Sammlungen BIBEL+ORIENT, VR 1992.14; Ex-Sammlung Erlenmeyer.

Darstellung:

 A bearded ruler in a rimmed bonnet and open fringed mantle stands facing a goddess in a long fringed robe partially unveiling herself and raising a hand towards the ruler. A vessel? (or an animal’s head) is between them in the field. A star is beneath the goddess’s hand. A bareheaded, shaven figure in a long mantle stands behind the ruler. A star is by his hand in the field. A ball-staff is between them. Two stars are in the sky. A griffin attacks a crouching caprid above a guilloche in the terminal. A star is between them. A caprid and a stag are couchant below the guilloche. A star is between them.

Bibliographie:

Sotheby’s 1992: 94ff, no. 153; Otto 2000: Nr. 143; Keel-Leu/Teissier 2004: 286, Nr. 331.

DatensatzID:

579

Permanenter Link:

  https://bodo.unifr.ch/bodo/id/579