Cylinder Seal

B14443

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B14443
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Late Babylonian Period
Section Near Eastern
Materials Onyx
Description

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a palm like tree of life, with shoots along the main stock. A worshiper stands with both hands extended. He has a short tunic girded about and a shawl opening in front to let pass his bare leg. The ends of his belt are projecting right and left. In front below, the crescent there is a pile of cake offerings on an X shaped table. The winged sun disk half beetle, half eagle, shines above the rhomb. There is a border line. One fourth of the cylinder has been cut off.

Convex cyl. seal. Carnelian, 27 x 16 ½ mm. MS Coll.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number PBS XIV: 593 - Other Number | 1674 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1674 - Old Museum Number | P269409 - CDLI Number

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