| Roster |
Date |
Author |
Record |
| Ware or Material, species |
2005-08-00 |
mKB |
Type 1 [Input: ZI827mKB.j] |
| Color |
2005-08-00 |
mKB |
pinkish gray [Input: ZI827mKB.j] |
| Iconographic description, specific |
2005-08-00 |
mKB |
one rolling across flat side very lightly rolled, standing figure with torso shown frontally and hands clasped at the waist. Outstretched hands of figure facing right wearing a garment with a patterned skirt, holding a cup, object below is a vase or pail which contains what appears to be plants in small pots, bearded god facing left wearing pleated skirt, upper portion of the body appears bare; only part of his crown preserved. This deity is holding long straight plants possibly stalks of grain. Rolling on edge: figure facing with torso frontal and hands at waist with belt? hanging down in back, central portion of the body of a figure holding both hands in front, perhaps holding something, the figure may be wearing an arm band on the left arm. From the position of the extension of the belt it appears that this figure is facing left and probably then positioned behind the deity. Partly preserved figure wearing a belted garment with both arms outstretched holding a tall conical cup by the base. Below the hands holding the cup is an unclear object (also seen very faintly in the rolling on the flat portion of the docket). Bearded deity facing left, only part of the head preserved. [Input: ZI827mKB.j] |
| Notes on style |
2005-08-00 |
mKB |
must be a locally carved seal from the emphasis on the gestures and the general familiarity of the subject. The reality being conveyed here is quite different than Akkadian seals because there is more intimate contact between the figure in front and the god, also emphasized by the figure standing behind the god (if this is indeed so). Also the details of the scene are more concrete than on the Akkadian seals where the gestures are formal and symbolic, even if less so than in other periods of Mesopotamian art, so much so that the perceived realism of Akkadian art is shown against the background of the art of Urkesh to be very formal, stylized and devoid of the "emotion" and intimate contact so characteristic of the art of Urkesh. [Input: ZI827mKB.j] |
| Notes on typology |
2005-08-00 |
mKB |
It appears that the figure with the hands in front of the body, possibly a bullman, is standing behind the god. The extension of two hands with the cup is unusual for two reasons: the arms are extended straight out toward the god and therefore the gesture is much more emphasized than in the southern Akkadian seals and the fact that the cup is held with two hands, again emphasizing the gesture. This characteristic is typical of the Urkesh seals, the elongation of the arms being paralleled in the queen's seals in q4-8. The cup held with both hands is similar to the bowl in k2. This scene is comparable to q385.3 where however the outstretched hands are balancing the cup rather than holding it. [Input: ZI827mKB.j] |