Bearded figure sitting on stool at table
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded figure wearing a long, broad-belted fringed robe sits on a stool at a table with a fish on top. He holds a cup in his raised hand. Beyond the table is a palmette-like stylised tree with offshoots. Single wedges appear next to the table and above the king's cup. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - fish - king or dignitary: bearded, sitting, wearing a long, broad-belted, fringed robe, holding a cup - stool - stylised tree: palmette-like, with offshoots - table: with two cloths and food on top - wedges (2): cuneiform |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Iraq Museum |
| Museum number | IM 127979 |
| Condition, shape | worn |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | Kalhu (Nimrud) |
| First occurence | 1992 |
| Archaeological context | Fourth Well (Queen's Tombs) |
| Registration number | ND 1992.441 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 24, d: 11 |
| Material and features | black diorite |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | banquet |
| Bibliography |
Hussein - Abdul-Razak 1997-1998, 171, 178, 182 (photo) no. 22. Hussein, M.M. – Abdul Razzaq, R.: “Seals from Nimrud”, Sumer 49 (1997–1998), 166–191 [in Arabic]. Hussein - Altaweel - Gibson 2016, 184 no. 1992.441 and pl. 201: f. Hussein, M.M. – Altaweel, M. [translation and initial editing] – Gibson, McG. [editing and additional notes]: Nimrud: The Queens’ Tombs. Baghdad – Chicago, 2016.
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