Cylinder Seal

B14451

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

View All (2) Object Images

Object Number B14451
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Ur I
Section Near Eastern
Materials Hematite
Description

PBS XIV: A nude Gilgamesh in front face with only a belt about his body, has locked hands with an ithyphallic Eabani. Between them there are a squat monkey and a crescent. A nude Gilgamesh with head in profile steps on the head of a lion which he lifts by leg and tail. There is a fish above, and the ampulla and libra.

Gilgamesh is a servant of several gods, Ea, Sin, or Shamash.

“Aa”

Concave cyl. seal. Hematite, 22 ½ x 12 mm. MS Coll.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number PBS XIV: 279 - Other Number | P269417 - CDLI Number

Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.