COMBAT, TREE OF LIFE, CHARIOT, FEAST SCENES DEPICTED IN LINEAR STYLE ON CYLINDER SEALS IN THE NEW ASSYRIAN PERIOD
YENİ ASUR DÖNEMİNDE SİLİNDİR MÜHÜRLER ÜZERİNDE ÇİZGİSEL ÜSLUPTA BETİMLENEN MÜCADELE, HAYAT AĞACI, SAVAŞ ARABASI ZİYAFET SAHNELERİ

Author : Abdulhamit KAVAK
Number of pages : 135-143

Abstract

The seals made in the new Assyrian period in linear style were formed by the processing of soft materials such as serpentine soapstone, marble, limestone with pointed tools such as hand-held stone-masonry. These seals are depicted mainly as topics of a feast, the tree of life, war, struggle. The lower and upper sides of the seal are bordered by a demarcation line so that the subjects show an integrity. Besides the main subject, filling motifs such as halibut, writing pen, eye lozenge, fish, scorpion, bird, etc.are engraved in this restricted area. It is also engraved on the seals along with the symbols of Gods and Goddesses. Cylinder seals with long dimensions are made earlier than shorter ones. For example, cylinder seals made in Assurnasirpal II period are longer than cylin-der seals made in later periods

Keywords

New Assyria, Linear Style, Cylinder Seal, Feast

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