Male and female figures engaged in sexual activity opposite male figure balancing on one leg


Male and female figures engaged in sexual activity opposite male figure balancing on one leg
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image A man and a woman engage in sexual activity. At the same time, the woman is drinking from a large vessel using a straw. In front of them stands another male figure on one leg, balancing himself with his outstretched hands.
Figures, motifs/symbols - human figure 1: naked, male, engaged in sexual activity with a woman
- human figure 2: naked, female, bent over, engaged in sexual activity with a man, drinking from a large vessel using a straw
- human figure 3: naked, male, standing on one leg, balancing with outstretched hands
- vessel: large, with a straw
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Musée du Louvre
Museum number AOD 126 – CCO D. 148
Culture Graeco-Persian
Provenance excavated by Mr and Mrs Dieulafoy at Susa between 1886 and 1886 or purchased by them from their workmen or from a Baghdad dealer; ex-Mr and Mrs Dieulafoy Collection
First occurence 1886–1888
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 23, d: 10
Material and features "marble jaune"
Bibliography

Delaporte 1920, 79 no. D. 148 and pl. 52: 21.



Delaporte, L.: Musée du Louvre. Catalogue des cylindres. Cachets et pierres gravées de style oriental. I: Fouilles et missions. Paris, 1920.