Pot-stand between king and his attendant

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Object no.	S04442
Description of the seal image	A beardless attendant faces a bearded king or dignitary. The attendant wears a long fringed robe and has a towel thrown over his shoulder. The king is similarly clothed, has a tassel hanging from his hair, and holds a cup and a bow. Between the two figures is a vessel on a stand (pot-stand), while behind them are two ears of wheat ('bottle-brush' trees) below a star or a crescent moon.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- attendant: beardless, wearing a long fringed robe has a towel thrown over his shoulder - ears of wheat ('bottle-brush' trees) (2) - crescent moon or star - king or dignitary: bearded, wearing a long fringed robe, holding a cup and a bow, has a tassel hanging from his hair - pot-stand: with a vessel on top
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	Freie Universität Berlin (Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer)
Museum number	FUB 107
Condition, shape	damaged upper and lower edges, heavily worn
Culture	Neo-Assyrian
Provenance	ex-collection of Erwin Oppenländer; acquired at an auction in London (1962)
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter	h: 23, d: 10
Material and features	"dunkelgrün-grauer Serpentin"
Style	linear
Scene	banquet
Bibliography	Moortgat-Correns 1968: 275 no. 114 and pl. 47. Moortgat-Correns, U.: “Die ehemalige Rollsiegel-Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer”, Baghdader Mitteilungen 4 (1968), 233–297.

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 GE 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 (14 March 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter

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Pot-stand between king and his attendant

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