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 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 are two superimposed vessels on a stand (pot-stand), while behind them are three ears of wheat ('bottle-brush' trees) below an eight-rayed star. A crescent moon appears above the king's cup. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- attendant: beardless, wearing a long fringed robe, holding a flag-shaped fan and a cloth - borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - ears of wheat ('bottle-brush' trees) (3): one tall and two short - 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 two superimposed vessels - star: eight-rayed |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Freie Universität Berlin (Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer) |
| Museum number | FUB 104 |
| Condition, shape | damaged upper and lower edges, worn |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | ex-collection of Erwin Oppenländer; acquired at an auction in London (1962) |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 37, d: 14 |
| Material and features | "Serpentine" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | banquet |
| Bibliography |
Moortgat-Correns 1968: 274 no. 111 and pl. 47. Moortgat-Correns, U.: “Die ehemalige Rollsiegel-Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer”, Baghdader Mitteilungen 4 (1968), 233–297. |