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Introductory
The concept of the composits has already been discribed in the Interduction but here the number of seal impressions connected with the king is appreciably smaller than those of either the queen or her courtiers. Discuss WHY. The six known seals of the king in the corpus are evidenced by only 12 rollings BUT there are only 11 listed below.
The seal impressions correlated with the composite drawings are as follows:
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K1
A1q1036.10 The iconography of this seal is unusual in that the two extant figures…
A5.163
A5.187
A5q951.4
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To be reviewed
Talk about how many seals we have evidence of belonging to the king.
Finer carved seals , crisp, fine details , include depictions of deities known from southern
Akkadian iconography, smaller seals (CK), new settings eg. globe, lion at feet,of child at knees.
If the king is shown in his seals (eg. in one of child with feathers) then he is emphasized through the iconography, but this is not as certain as in the queen’s seals.
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