Pot-stand between king sitting on throne and his attendant


Pot-stand between king sitting on throne 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 sitting on a throne. 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 and holds a cup. Between the two figures is a vessel on a stand (pot-stand), while behind them is a crescent moon in the sky. A rhomb appears above the king's knees.
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
- king or dignitary: bearded, sitting, wearing a long, triple-belted, fringed robe, holding a cup
- pot-stand: with a vessel on top
- rhomb
- throne: high-backed chair, tasselled
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Kunsthistorisches Museum
Museum number KHM AS X 237
Condition, shape slightly damaged upper edge
Culture Neo-Assyrian
First occurence 1981
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 33.8, d: 13.2
Material and features "Serpentine"
Style linear
Scene banquet
Bibliography

Bleibtreu 1981, 78 no. 94.



Bleibtreu, E., Rollsiegel aus dem Vorderen Orient. Zur Steinschneidekunst zwischen etwa 3200 und 400 vor Christus nach Beständen in Wien und Graz. Wien, 1981.