Two attendants serving sitting king or dignitary (late Middle Elamite)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. Two attendants serve a king or dignitary sitting on a stool. The attendant facing him wears a long robe and holds a flag-shaped fan. The king wears similar clothing and holds a cup. The attendant standing behind the king is also dressed in a long robe and is seemingly depicted without hands. Between the fan-holding figure and the king is a vessel above a globe, while a one-line pseudo-cuneiform inscription appears behind the attendants within rulings. Single lentil-shaped symbols (rhombs) appear above and behind the sitting figure. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- attendant 1: wearing a long robe, holding a flag-shaped fan - attendant 2: wearing a long robe - borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - globe - inscription: pseudo-cuneiform, one line, within rulings - king or dignitary: sitting, wearing a long robe, holding a cup - rhombs (2) - stool - vessel |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Muze-ye Iran Bastan |
| Museum number | MIB-1495 |
| Condition, shape | slightly worn |
| Culture | Iranian, Neo-Elamite, peripheral |
| Provenance | Surkh Dum-i Luri |
| First occurence | 1938 (excavation) |
| Archaeological context | Area 1, level 1 |
| Registration number | Sor 46 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 45, d: 14 |
| Material and features | marble |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | banquet |
| Writing system, language | cuneiform: pseudo |
| Bibliography |
van Loon 1989, 418 no. 53, 458 no. 234: 53 and pl. 234: 53. van Loon, M.N.:“Iron Age Cylinder and Stamp Seals”. In: Schmidt(†), E.F. – van Loon, M.N. – Curvers, H.H. (eds.), The Holmes Expeditions to Luristan (Text – Plates) (Oriental Institute Publications 108) Chicago, Illinois, 1989, 413–474. |