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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