Cylinder Seal

B1009

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B1009
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Section Near Eastern
Materials Calcite | Mollusk Shell (uncertain)
Description

CBS Register: seal cylinder, white calcite, probably part of mollusc shell.

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess with hand extended below the crescent. She has the usual horned mitre, hair tied in a loop, flounced robe, cubic seat resting on a dais. The diving attendant, with the same mitre and hair but a plaited robe covering one shoulder, leads by the hand the beardless worshiper in a fringed shawl and a low turban. Both adore with their free hand up. Irrabani son of Isdi-kin. Concave cyl.seal. Shell, 29 x 15 mm.

Credit Line Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889
Other Number PBS XIV: 258 - Other Number

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