YENİ ASUR DÖNEMİNDE SİLİNDİR MÜHÜRLER ÜZERİNDE ÇİZGİSEL ÜSLUPTA BETİMLENEN MÜCADELE, HAYAT AĞACI, SAVAŞ ARABASI ZİYAFET SAHNELERİ
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Yeni Asur dönemine çizgisel üslupta yapılan mühürler, elle tutulan taşçı kale-mi gibi sivri uçlu aletlerle, serpantin sabuntaşı, mermer, kireçtaşı gibi yumuşak malzemenin işlenmesiyle oluşturulmuştur. Bu mühürler üzerinde ziyafet, hayat ağacı, savaş ve mücadele konuları ağırlıklı olarak betimlenmiştir. Konuların bir bütünlük göstermesi için, mührün alt ve üst tarafı sınır çizgisiyle sınırlandırılmıştır. Bu sınırlandırılan alanda ana konunun yanı sıra, yarımay, yazı kalemi, göz pastili, balık, akrep, kuş, gibi doldurma motifleri kazınmıştır. Ayrıca Tanrı ve Tanrıçalar sembolleriyle birlikte mühürlerin üzerine işlenmiştir. Silindir mühürlerin tarihlendirilmesinde çok sayıda metot kullanılmaktadır. Boyutları uzun olan silindir mühürler, kısa olanlara nazaran daha önce yapılmıştır. Örneğin II. Assurnasirpal döneminde yapılan silindir mühürler, daha sonraki dönemlerde yapılan silindir mühürlerden daha uzundur.
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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
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