Cylinder Seal

CBS Register: seal cylinder, greenish Serpentine.

PBS XIV: The worshiping of the seated god Shamash with rays from his shoulders, and his notched sword in hand. The god has a mitre with three pairs of horns, a beard, his hair tied in a loop behind, a flounced shawl covering only one shoulder. His seat is of a plain cubic form with cross bars and a low back. A diving attendant with horned mitre, beard and hair like the god, but only a fringed shawl skirt like from the waist down, leads by the hand the human worshiper. This last is bareheaded, with short hair, a pointed beard, a fringed shawl thrown over one shoulder. He is not a servant of the temple, but an Akkadian worshiper. His wife - or a female servant - follows in the rear, carrying the pail with the liquid offering. She has, like him, a fringed shawl covering , one shoulder and her head is bare, but her long hair is bound by a fillet and tied in a loop behind. Concave cyl. seal. Green jade like stone, 26 x 14 1/2 mm. See notes.