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Glyptics (Version 1)

Styles. Realism

Banquet scenes

Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati – July 2000, June 2026
         The scenes variously show one or two persons while the table can have food on it or nothing on top.
         In AKc103 two persons are depicted holding a raised cup. They are separated by a table which does not have food but below the table is a large jar which appears to be connected with what they are drinking in a gesture which appears to be one of saluting each other. The standing figure has a deeply fringed skirt while the seated figure wares a long garment and has a long narrow beard. The long pleated garment of the seated figure shows clearly the pleats in the thickness of the relief as it goes under the figure seated on the stool. One foot of the standing figure is preserved and shows the same triangular pattern typical for the Deep Fringe style.
    AKc103
         A more elaborate table with food placed on top is shown in Akc102; the table is emphasized by being placed in a halo type of arrangement of dots. Here too the most important gestures are emphasized by being elongated. Therefore the arm of the deity is extended out and up holding the cup. The arm of the figure on the other side of the altar is extended so that the hand touches the altar; this last gesture is emphasized by the fact that above this arm is a crescent with a dot inside. All the figures in this scene wear garments that are heavily pleated and leave one shoulder bare.
    AKc103