Scene of fighting with serpent(s) on the old Assyrian seal impression from Kültepe

Abstract: The aim of the article is to publish and present in detail an Old Assyrian sealing from Kültepe (collection of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow), which carries a scene of a hero’s struggle with a serpent-like monster. Such scenes are rare in the Ancient Near Eastern art, wh...

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Autores principales: Nemirovsky, Alexandre, Shelestin, Vladimir, Iasenovskaia, Anastasia
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Departamento de Historia. Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente 2021
Materias:
SELLOS
CERCANO ORIENTE
ANTIGUO ORIENTE
ARTE
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/11720
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Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA) de Universidad Católica Argentina
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topic SELLOS
CERCANO ORIENTE
ANTIGUO ORIENTE
ARTE
spellingShingle SELLOS
CERCANO ORIENTE
ANTIGUO ORIENTE
ARTE
Nemirovsky, Alexandre
Shelestin, Vladimir
Iasenovskaia, Anastasia
Scene of fighting with serpent(s) on the old Assyrian seal impression from Kültepe
topic_facet SELLOS
CERCANO ORIENTE
ANTIGUO ORIENTE
ARTE
description Abstract: The aim of the article is to publish and present in detail an Old Assyrian sealing from Kültepe (collection of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow), which carries a scene of a hero’s struggle with a serpent-like monster. Such scenes are rare in the Ancient Near Eastern art, while the seal is one of the few highly original artifacts from Kültepe (most seals from Kültepe, on the contrary, present images repeated on other seals from there or other centers). This interpretation of the scene is confirmed in detail by photographs and parallels in the glyptics as well as among other preserved artifacts of cuneiform cultures of the 3rd–1st millennia BC that existed in the Mesopotamian and Syro-Anatolian spaces. The closest parallel to the monster on the seal in question can be seen, apparently, in the monstrous serpent on the famous Neo- Hittite relief from Malatya, suggesting an essential role of Anatolian imagery in the genesis of composition at our seal. The question of the specific myth or plot reflected in this composition remains open.
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author Nemirovsky, Alexandre
Shelestin, Vladimir
Iasenovskaia, Anastasia
author_facet Nemirovsky, Alexandre
Shelestin, Vladimir
Iasenovskaia, Anastasia
author_sort Nemirovsky, Alexandre
title Scene of fighting with serpent(s) on the old Assyrian seal impression from Kültepe
title_short Scene of fighting with serpent(s) on the old Assyrian seal impression from Kültepe
title_full Scene of fighting with serpent(s) on the old Assyrian seal impression from Kültepe
title_fullStr Scene of fighting with serpent(s) on the old Assyrian seal impression from Kültepe
title_full_unstemmed Scene of fighting with serpent(s) on the old Assyrian seal impression from Kültepe
title_sort scene of fighting with serpent(s) on the old assyrian seal impression from kültepe
publisher Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Departamento de Historia. Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente
publishDate 2021
url https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/11720
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