Pot-stand between king and his attendant

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Object no.	S04669
Description of the seal image	A beardless attendant faces a bearded king or dignitary. The attendant wears a long fringed robe, has a towel thrown over his shoulder, and holds a fan. The king wears similar clothing and holds a cup and a bow. Between the two figures are two vessels on a stand (pot-stand), while behind them is an ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree) below a crescent moon.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- attendant: beardless, wearing a long fringed robe, holding a fan, has a towel thrown over his shoulder - crescent moon - ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree) - king or dignitary: bearded, wearing a long fringed robe, holding a cup and a bow - pot-stand: with two vessels on top
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	Vorderasiatisches Museum
Museum number	VA Ass 1681
Condition, shape	damaged lower edge, scattered small faults on the entire field
Culture	Neo-Assyrian
Provenance	Assur
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter	h: 24, d: 9
Material and features	"Kalk, grau, nicht transparent"
Style	linear
Scene	banquet
Bibliography	Klengel-Brandt 2014, 4 no. 6, pls. 2 and 35. Klengel-Brandt, E.: Die neuassyrische Glyptik aus Assur. Mit Beiträgen von Sabine Böhme und Othmar Keel. (Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 140 – Ausgrabungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft in Assur, F: Fundgruppen 7) Wiesbaden, 2014.

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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