Pot-stand between king and his attendant
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. 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 flag-shaped fan and a cloth. The king wears similar clothing, has a sword at his waist and 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 the stylus of Nabu formed by a double wedge and an ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree) below a crescent moon. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- attendant: beardless, wearing a long fringed robe, holding a flag-shaped fan and a cloth, has a towel thrown over his shoulder - borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree) - king or dignitary: bearded, wearing a long fringed robe, holding a cup and a bow, has a sword at his waist and a tassel hanging from his hair - pot-stand: with a vessel on top - stylus of Nabu: formed by a double wedge |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A |
| Condition, shape | slightly damaged upper and lower edges, worn |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | Kalhu (Nimrud) |
| First occurence | 1955 |
| Archaeological context | "from the upper rubbish against the south side of the heavy boundary wall of the Ziggurrat Terrace" |
| Registration number | ND 2152 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 24, d: N/A |
| Material and features | shell |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | banquet |
| Bibliography |
Parker 1955: 102 no. ND.2152 and pl. 14: 1. Parker, B., “Excavations at Nimrud, 1949–1953: Seals and Seal Impressions”, Iraq 17 (1955), 93–125. |