| Object Number | B1829 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Period | Babylonian |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Chalcedony |
| Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder in chalcedony PBS XIV: The worshiping of the nude goddess. She stands in front face on a dais. She has her head in profile, a lock of hair on the neck, her two hands clasped to her breast. She is a slender figure, rigid as would be a statue, and nude, except for a few lines across her hips, representing a jewel belt more than any loin cloth. The divine attendant in front adores with both hands up. She has the usual horned mitre, hair tied in a loop and flounced robe. In the field, there is a scimitar, the weapon of Marduk and Ishtar, curved like Nergal's weapon, but not ending in a lion's head. THe nude goddess of love and fecundity is probably Zirbanit, the wife of Marduk, and not a ware goddess like Ishtar, Anunitu or Ulmashitu worshiped in Agade. "Ahat-ahhi//daughter of Erib-Sin//servant of Aplanum." Concave cyl. seal. White and violet quartz. 30 1/2 x 13 1/2 mm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 341 - Other Number |
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