| Object Number | B5011 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Period | Babylonian |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Hematite |
| Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, hematite PBS XIV: The worshiping of Martu by the divine attendant. The emblems between are a squat monkey, and a tortoise or hedgehog. The bearded figure behind with hand extended may be a new god or divine assistant. He has a horned mitre, his hair tied in a swallow tail, a plaited shawl girded about and leaving arms and chest bare. His emblem is perhaps the bee or fly in the field above the small bandy legged man with one hand up. “Nin subur//pure heavenly messenger//who wields the brilliant scepter” Concave cyl. seal. Hematite, 26 ½ x 14 mm |
| Length | 2.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1890 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 373 - Other Number | P261203 - CDLI Number |
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