Table between king sitting on throne and his attendant


Table between king sitting on throne and his attendant
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image The scene is framed by faint line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded attendant faces a bearded king or dignitary sitting on a stool. They both wear long, broad-belted, fringed robes and hold cups. Between them is a cross-legged offering table and the winged sun-disc above. Single wedges appear on either side of the table.
Figures, motifs/symbols - attendant: bearded, wearing a long, broad-belted, fringed robe, holding a cup
- borderlines (2): faint line borders at the top and bottom
- king or dignitary: bearded, sitting, wearing a long, broad-belted, fringed robe, holding a cup
- stool
- table: cross-legged, with two cloths and food on top
- wedges (2): cuneiform
- winged sun-disc
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Vorderasiatisches Museum
Museum number VA Ass 1698
Condition, shape damaged upper and lower edges; worn
Culture Neo-Assyrian
Provenance Assur
Archaeological context Stadtgebiet
Registration number Ass 7110
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 34, d: 10
Material and features Kalk
Style linear
Scene banquet
Bibliography

Klengel-Brandt 2014, 3 no. 1, pls. 1 and 35.



Klengel-Brandt, E.: Die neuassyrische Glyptik aus Assur. Mit Beiträgen von Sabine Böhme und Othmar Keel. (Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 140 – Ausgrabungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft in Assur, F: Fundgruppen 7) Wiesbaden, 2014.