Cylinder Seal

B5065

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B5065
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Babylonian
Section Near Eastern
Materials Limestone
Description

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, limestone

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated bearded god, hand extended below the crescent. He has a turban, a bracelet, a fringed shawl, a seat covered with three rows of flounced material and resting on a brick dais. In front, a small kneeling Gilgamesh pours a libation out of a round ampulla. A shaven and shorn worshiper in fringed shawl stands up with hands clasped. He wears a necklace as a sign of rank. The divine attendant in the rear adores with two hands up. She has a mitre with four pairs of horns, her hair tied in a loop, a flounced robe. In the field are seen ampulla and libra. Cyl. seal. Green jade like stone, 28 x 15 mm

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1890
Other Number PBS XIV: 297 - Other Number | P261257 - CDLI Number

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