| Roster |
Date |
Author |
Record |
| Ware or Material, species |
2005-08-00 |
mKB |
Type 1; few inclusions and no gypsum [Input: ZI827mKB.j] |
| Color |
2005-08-00 |
mKB |
light brown [Input: ZI827mKB.j] |
| Color number (Munsell) |
2005-08-00 |
mKB |
7.5YR 6/4 [Input: ZI827mKB.j] |
| Preservation |
2005-08-00 |
mKB |
well preserved jar sealing [Input: ZI827mKB.j] |
| Iconographic description, specific |
2005-08-00 |
mKB |
upper rolling: bearded hero in wide hat, flat on top; he wears what appears to be a belted kilt; he is facing right holding with both hands a rampant bearded bull with his body facing the hero and his head facing right, two parallel lines just above his tail continue toward another rampant bearded bull with his body facing right and head facing left as shown by the traces of his beard above the two parallel straight lines that join the two fighting pairs. Middle rolling: lion or possibly a hero facing left with long outstretched arms holding onto an animal not preserved in this rolling, figure facing right in belt and short skirt with arms outstretched toward body of a bearded bull. Lower rolling: figure in flat hat and unclear animal in front. [Input: ZI827mKB.j] |
| Iconographic description, generic |
2005-08-00 |
mKB |
human-animal combat [Input: ZI827mKB.j] |
| Notes on style |
2005-08-00 |
mKB |
the scene is not perfectly clear but is Akkadian II in style because of the two groups of contestants composed of two contestants each, wide space between the groups, the wide space between the figures in each group, and the lack of emphasis on the musculature of any of the figures. This seal looks not carved in Urkesh but rather the seal or the object sealed was made further south. The face of the figure in the flat hat is carved with a well articulated nose (somewhat curving along its length), lips articulated with his upper lip carved longer and wider than his lower lip. A hero wearing a flat hat and kilt fighting a bull with the head reversed (eg see Boehmer no. 46 equaling Ib). In early Akkadian seals, as in the example from Boehmer, arm gestures are exaggerated. Lines between two groups are also characteristic for early Akkadian glyptics, however they continue later also. [Input: ZI827mKB.j] |