Object Number | B1047 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Hematite |
Description | CBS Register: seal cylinder, hematite PBS XIV: The worshiping of the usual Martu stepping forth club in hand by the divine attendant who adores with both hands up. The emblems between are the crescent, the sun disk with cross and rays, and a squat monkey. There is an eight pointed star behind. On the reverse, Adad steps forth, the lightning fork in one hand, and perhaps a club in the other. He has a horned mitre, his hair tied in a short tail, a plaited shawl girded about and opening in front to let pass his bare leg below his tunic. Concave cyl. seal. Hematite, 23 1/2 x 12 1/2 mm. |
Credit Line | Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889 |
Other Number | PBS XIV: 458 - Other Number |
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