| Object Number | B3978 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Archaeology Area | 50 ft. deep under S. corner of S.W. buttress by Hamza |
| Period | Archaic |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Description | CBS Register: HVH, Ni. 1884. seal cylinder in terra-cotta, rubbed. Archaic period. III Exped. Haynes: "50 feet deep under S. corner of SW Buttress by Hamza. Nov. 7, 1894. Temple Hill." PBS XIV: hunters piercing with short spears two rampant crossed animals, an antelope and a deer. a very archaic scene. the bird like heads, the filiform arms and legs, the scalloped skirts belong to the primitive Sumerian art. There is moreover an emblem formed of a long lance with cross bars or streamers supporting a crescent, and a scorpion between the two animals. Cyl. seal. limestone, 30 x 22 mm. Nippur, Temple hill, under the S. corner of the S.W. buttress, by 50 feet deep, 1894. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 68 - Other Number |
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