Cylinder Seal

65-24-19

From: Iraq | Rimah

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 65-24-19
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Rimah
Archaeology Area Site C, Rm. east of Rm. 1, fill above level 2
Locus Site C, Rm. east of Rm. 1 | fill above level 2
Section Near Eastern
Materials Serpentine
Iconography Chariot?
Description

red color, very worn. design executed in sketchy linear style. a wheel in lower right corner, somewhat above are two curved lines which might possibly be the cab of a chariot. badly eroded border of circles with dotted centers below. E. Porada interprets scene as two quadrupeds leaping left, possibly pursued by animal with lion tail.

Impression only

Credit Line Tell al-Rimah Expedition; Theresa Howard Carter, 1965
Other Number TR 2424 - Field No SF

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