Object Number | B1035 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Lapis Lazuli |
Description | CBS Register: seal cylinder, lapis lazuli PBS XIV: The worshiping of a god like Shamash, holding a scepter - or spear (?), his bare leg lifted on a seated lion. HE has a horned mitre, his hair tied in a swallow tail, a beard, a plaited shawl girded about and opening in front. A small nude bareheaded and kneeling worshiper bring s a kid as an offering. The usual diving attendant adores with both hands up. There is a fish behind the god. A second bearded god holds a crooked stick of Martu. He has a horned mitre, his hair hanging and a flounced robe. Convex cyl. seal. Lapis lazuli, 22 x 7 1/2 mm. |
Credit Line | Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889 |
Other Number | PBS XIV: 406 - Other Number |
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