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FLY WHISK IN THE NEO ASSYRIAN PERIOD
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... at the visual artworks, it is seen that fly whisks were used in Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt since early periods. In the depictions on the victory plate of the Early Dynastic Period (2950 BC-2350 BC) found in the The Sin Temple at Khafajah, the use of the fly whisk is similar to the tree branches in the hands of the man and the woman sitting opposite each other (Figure 1). As a primitive form of the fly whisk, tree branches were used for the same function and purpose. ...
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... limbs of the lion's head are engraved in detail. This shows that the fly whisks were specially made with fine workmanship. In the Kalhu Southwest Palace reliefs, King Sanherib (704 BC -681 BC) is seated on the kingdom throne in the chariot, saluting the procession. There are two eunuchs following the king behind the car (Figure 9) (Sevin, 2014: fig. 179). While one of the eunuchs holds an umbrella, an-other holds a fly whisk. Necessary precautions are taken for the king who is in the open air. The handle of the hand held fly whisk is engraved, its comfortable use in the hand and the length of the whip can be ...
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... post-hunting ceremony relief of Ashurbanipal (668 BC-627 BC) is engraved in the Ninive North Palace (Figure 10) (Sevin, 2014: pic. 241). ...
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... the Northern Palace of Ninive, there are two reliefs opposite each other of King Ashurbanipal, who celebrated the great victory as a result of the Til Tuba battle, with his wife in a half-reclining position (Figure 11) (Perrot, 1884: fig. 106, 107; Gadd, 1936: lev. ...
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... the Northern Palace of Ninive, there are two reliefs opposite each other of King Ashurbanipal, who celebrated the great victory as a result of the Til Tuba battle, with his wife in a half-reclining position (Figure 11) (Perrot, 1884: fig. 106, 107; Gadd, 1936: lev. 43;Barnet, 1970: pl. 16;Reade, 1979: fig. 13; Coşkun, 2018: 77). Just behind the king and queen, two eunuchs each hold a fly whisk. For the first time in this scene, it is seen that the fly whisk is used for a queen. . ...
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... the Northern Palace of Ninive, there are two reliefs opposite each other of King Ashurbanipal, who celebrated the great victory as a result of the Til Tuba battle, with his wife in a half-reclining position (Figure 11) (Perrot, 1884: fig. 106, 107; Gadd, 1936: lev. 43;Barnet, 1970: pl. 16;Reade, 1979: fig. 13; Coşkun, 2018: 77). Just behind the king and queen, two eunuchs each hold a fly whisk. For the first time in this scene, it is seen that the fly whisk is used for a queen. . ...
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... Studies in Social, Human and Administrative Science -December 2022 The use of a fly whisk can also be seen on a cylinder seal from the Neo Assyrian Period. The king is engraved seated on the throne with his goblet in his hand (Fig. 12) (Porada, Buchanan, 1948: fig. 676). Just behind the king, a eunuch holds a fly whisk. In another cylinder seal, the king is engraved in a sitting position. (Figure 13) (Porada, Buchanan, 1948: fig. 776). The eunuch right across him holds tree branches to scare away insects. Although this fly whisk is different in shape, it has the same ...
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... another cylinder seal, the king is engraved in a sitting position. (Figure 13) (Porada, Buchanan, 1948: fig. 776). ...
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... sm9 -sm101). Usually in these depictions, fly whisks are seen in the hands of the eunuchs serving the queens sitting on the throne (Figure 14) (Kellner, 1991: fig. 256; Tanabe et al., 1982: V-B. ...
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... whisks can be seen on many reliefs from the Late Hittite Period. In Zincirli (Samal), King Bar-rival the king is sitting on the throne in the banquet scene, holding a glass in one hand (Figure 15) (Voos, 1985: abb.104;Gilibert, 2011: Zincirli 69). The eunuch behind him is holding a fly whisk. ...
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... eunuch grasps the fly whisk from the handle. On the stele unearthed from the Zincirli citadel, the queen sits on the throne (Figure 16) (Moortgat, 1932: taf. 56;Meyer, 1965: taf. ...
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... the Karatepe ceremonial banquet scene of the Late Hittite Period, two eunuchs in front of and behind the King Asitavata use fly whisks (Fig- ure 17) (Çambel, 2002: 130). In the banquet scene, the eunuch in front of the king holds a fly whisk for the food and the one behind him holds a fly whisk for the king. ...
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... the heavily damaged Late Hittite Marash stele, a fly whisk is seen in the dining scene (Figure 18) (Orthmann. 1971: b/15;Perrot & Chipiez, 1887: abb. ...
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... the heavily damaged Late Hittite Marash stele, a fly whisk is seen in the dining scene (Figure 18) (Orthmann. 1971: b/15;Perrot & Chipiez, 1887: abb. 282;Bonatz, 2000: C44;Coşkun, 2019: 350 fig. 10). While only the foot of the person sitting on the left side of the stele can be seen, the bearded male opposite is holding a glass in his right hand while holding a fly whisk in his left hand. Since this tomb stele may belong to a noble class, it is understood that it was used in Late Hittite art other than the king and the queen. ...
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... of the easiest ways to repel insects is using tree branches. We can see the early use of these tree branches in Sumerian artworks (Figure 1). In the following periods, it is seen that special whisks were made to repel insects in addition to using tree branches. ...
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... is understood that the use of fly whisks increased in the 1st millennium BC. These whisks are seen to be used for the nobility in the artworks with depictions of the Urartu and Late Hittite States, which are contemporary with the Neo Assyrian State (Figure 14, 15,17,18). Considering that most of the fly whisks are made of wood, not many samples of them reached our day. ...
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... that most of the fly whisks are made of wood, not many samples of them reached our day. However, a relatively well-preserved wooden fly whisk handle can be seen in a Neo Assyrian queen tomb (Fig- ure 19) (Hussein et al., 2016: plt 169, f.i). At the top of the handle, which is 15 cm long and may have belonged to a queen, there is a space for attaching the whip. ...
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... the top of the handle, which is 15 cm long and may have belonged to a queen, there is a space for attaching the whip. At the same time, we know from artworks with depictions that fly whisks were used for queens as well (Figure 11). ...
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... engraved ones usually have lion head or dragon head engravings. All the limbs of the lion head and the dragon head are depicted in detail (Figures 4, 8, 11). The handles without engravings are left unprocessed. ...
