{"id":1817,"date":"2023-05-05T08:36:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T06:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portale2.unime.it\/galateo\/?post_type=atlas&p=1817"},"modified":"2024-06-26T12:24:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T10:24:54","slug":"esempio2","status":"publish","type":"atlas","link":"https:\/\/portale2.unime.it\/galateo\/atlas\/esempio2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chalcedony Stamp Seal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\"\"<\/td>Object type: <\/strong><\/span>Seal\u00a0<\/strong>
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\"\"<\/td>Museum: <\/strong>BM WA 2002,0515.1, British Museum<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Findspot: <\/span>Asia<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>\u00a0Culture, period:<\/span>\u00a0Neo-Assyrian<\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>\u00a0Production date: <\/span><\/span>End of 7th<\/sup> BCE (?)<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
\"\"<\/td>Material: <\/span>Chalcedony – Gold (?)<\/td><\/tr>
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Dimension:<\/span>\u00a0Diameter: 1.50 cm – Height: 1.85 cm<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

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Description:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

The chalcedony stamp seal was acquired by the British Museum and its original provenance is unknown. The image engraved on it shows the king and the queen approaching a goddess, who is probably to be identified with Mullissu or Ishtar or a syncretic representation of the two goddesses, standing or seated on a throne with stars at its back and supported by a standing lion. A scorpion hovers above the scene.<\/p>

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Both queen and king follow the same etiquette: they occupy an upright position and their gaze is directed to the divine figure. In detail, the queen is depicted raising her both cupped hands to the level of the mouth before the deity. On the basis of some textual evidence from the Neo-Assyrian period which describes a gesture implying the raising of the hand(s), the Akkadian expressions used to describe such a gesture are conventionally \u0161u\u2019illakku<\/em> and n\u012b\u0161 q\u0101t\u012b<\/em>, which can be interpreted as an idiom for \u201cprayer\u201d and commonly include a physical movement. The king performs the appa lab\u0101nu<\/em> (\u201cto stroke the nose\u201d) gesture, which can be conceived as a gesture of humility.<\/p>

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The combination of acts performed by the queen and the king could be interpreted in two ways: the queen begins her prayer by lifting her hands as a sign of greeting, and the king completes the prayer by stroking his nose in a gesture of humility; alternatively, as it is attested in texts, the queen acts as a mediator or intercessor by praying for the king, while the king is praising the goddess.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Bibliographic references: <\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Radner K. 2008: \u201cThe delegation of power: Neo-Assyrian bureau seals\u201d, in R. Briant \u2013 W.F.M. Henkelman \/ M.W. Stopler (\u00e9ds.), L\u2019archive des Fortifications de Pers\u00e9polis. \u00c9tat des questions et perspectives de recherches. Actes du colloque organis\u00e9 au Coll\u00e8ge de France par la \u00ab Chaire d\u2019histoire et civilisation du monde ach\u00e9m\u00e9nide et de l\u2019empire d\u2019Alexandre \u00bb et le \u00ab R\u00e9seau international d\u2019\u00e9tudes et de recherches ach\u00e9m\u00e9nides \u00bb (GDR 2538 CNRS), 3\u20134 novembre 2006, Paris, 498 (edition and study).<\/span><\/p>

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Radner K. 2012: \u201cThe Seal of Ta\u0161metum-\u0161arrat, Sennacherib\u2019s Queen, and Its Impressions\u201d, in G.B. Lanfranchi \u2013 D. Morandi Bonacossi \/ C. Pappi \/ S. Ponchia (eds.), Leggo! Studies Presented to Frederick Mario Fales on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday, Wiesbaden, 687\u2013698 (edition and study). \u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Niederreiter Z. 2021: \u201cNeo-Assyrian Seal Depicting \u00abIstar, Worshipped by an Assyrian King and Queen\u00bb and a Scorpion as Well: Notes on the BM WA 2002-05-15, 1 Stamp Seal, Formerly Kept in the Southesk Collection\u201d, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Br\u00e8ves et Utilitaires 1, 42\u201349 (study). \u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Portuese L. 2022: \u201cA Gender-Centered Perspective on Manners and Etiquette for Understanding the Historical Role of the Assyrian Queen\u201d, KASKAL Rivista di storia, ambienti e culture del Vicino Oriente Antico 19, 56\u201363 (study).<\/span><\/p>

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\u00a9 Image credits: The Trustees of the British Museum.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"featured_media":1824,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"object-type":[57],"nonverbal-communication":[65,63,73,74],"class_list":["post-1817","atlas","type-atlas","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","object-type-seal","nonverbal-communication-erect-posture","nonverbal-communication-raising-of-the-hands","nonverbal-communication-raising-of-the-hands-2","nonverbal-communication-touching-the-nose","entry"],"yoast_head":"\nChalcedony Stamp Seal - Galateo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/portale2.unime.it\/galateo\/atlas\/esempio2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chalcedony Stamp Seal - Galateo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Object type: Seal\u00a0 Museum: BM WA 2002,0515.1, British Museum Findspot: Asia \u00a0Culture, period:\u00a0Neo-Assyrian \u00a0Production date: End of 7th BCE (?) 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