| Roster |
Date |
Author |
Record |
| Iconographic definition, generic |
2025-11-20 |
mKB |
This seal had two registers, the upper one with a seated person and the lower one with a string of birds near a flower. It was rolled twice on a large peg impression (i136).
The iconography in the upper register shows a standing person facing left wearing a short skirt. Behind this figure is an unclear object that may be an animal with a long tail and flower-like petals decorating its back. It is not interacting with the figures on either side. Next is a standing figure facing right in a short skirt holding with the left hand a long object above the head of the seated figure; it may be an instrument for fixing the hair. This figure seated on a stool is facing right and holding with a raised arm a conical cup. In front of this figure is what appears to be a table with a rectangular object with two compartments placed on top. The standing figure facing left is probably an attendant connecting with the seated figure.
The lower register is narrower than the upper one and it is decorated with a series of what appears to be birds and a flower design. This flower is faced by one bird on either side. Both these birds are shown in profile but between them is another bird with a body facing forward but the head in profile facing right. [Input: ZJy20mKB A16si.J] |
| Iconographic description, generic |
2025-11-20 |
mKB |
The seal design is divided into two registers with a single horizontal line separating them, the lower register is narrower than the upper and has a limited iconography.
The lower register has a series of single elements with a limited space between them. None of them are touching and although two birds are facing the two sides of the flower neither appears to be interacting with the flower. The images are cut into a series of ovals, some longer than the others. Looking at the birds the wings are two lines of ovals positioned along a straight line in the center of a rectangular. The tails however are characterized by two or three longer ovals. The flower too is depicted as a series of ovals and dots in a circle.
The upper register instead is characterized as a drinking scene and the two standing humans appear to be interacting with the seated person holding the cup. [Input: ZJy20mKB A16si.J] |
| Style |
2025-11-20 |
mKB |
The head of the figure is a rectangle with an interior depression almost the same shape as the rectangle. In the center of this depression is a raised dot for the eye. The nose is triangular in shape and the chin is a point at the end of one side of the rectangle. In the back of the head the rectangle is slightly elongated and thickened to possibly to indicate hair. [Input: ZJy20mKB A16si.J] |
[Input: YY06CJC.j]