Male and female figures engaged in sexual activity


Male and female figures engaged in sexual activity
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. A large dill hole appears on either side of the figures.
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
- vessel: large, with a straw
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Musée du Louvre
Museum number AOD 128 – CCO D. 149
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: 26, d: 17, w: 16
Material and features "cône à base elliptique"
Bibliography

Delaporte 1920, 79 no. D. 149 and pl. 52: 20a–b.



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