Seal Ward fig. 1208

Siglum
Seal Ward fig. 1208
Alternative Sigla
Sass 1991: 48-49, Bron 1985: 339, Porada 1948: 93, no. 762
Transliteration
l- trtqd {k}----ms¹{ḫ}ly
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Translation
By Trtqd {K}----ms¹ḫly
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Language and Script
Dispersed Oasis North Arabian

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
TEXT Ward: k----ms¹s²ly l- trtqʿ rather than l- trtqd {k}----ms¹{ḫ}ly; Porada: k----ms¹sly for {k}----ms¹{ḫ}ly. DISCUSSION Ward 1910: 352. Sass (1991: 48-49) commented: "The late contest scenes in the modelled style, in which the hero subdues the beast(s) with his bare hands (cf. Porada 1948, 92), date from the late eighth or seventh centuries. They appear on both Neo–Assyrian and Neo–Babylonian seals. Our fragmentary scene consists of a hero and two rampant lions which may have been winged, and a crested bird behind".
Commentary
Upper half of a lapis lazuli cylinder seal, 18 mm in diameter (Sass 1991: 48).

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Horizontal line right to left

  • Bron, F. Sur quelques sceaux à légendes sudarabiques et proto-arabes. Syria 62, 1985: 337-341.
  • Porada, E. & Buchanan, B. Corpus of Ancient Near Eastern Seals in North American Collections. 1 The Collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library, . Part 1:Text, Part 2: Plates. (Bollingen Series, 14). Washington: Bollingen Foundation, 1948.
  • [Sass] Sass, B. Studia Alphabetica. On the Origin and Early History of the Northwest Semitic, South Semitic and Greek Alphabets. (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, 102). Freiburg Schweiz: Universitätsverlag / Göttingen: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, 1991.
  • [Seal-Ward] Ward, W.H. The seal cylinders of Western Asia. (Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications, 100). Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington , 1910.
Site
Jordan
Current Location
The Morgan Library and Museum (Call number: SISC 00882). http://corsair.themorgan.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=207331
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0036502
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