Cylinder Seal

B14431

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B14431
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Sargonic
Section Near Eastern
Materials Marble (Stone)
Description

CBS Register: Seal cylinder. Marble, rosy color. Sargonic.

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess with hand extended below the crescent. She has a horned mitre, her hair tied in a loop, a flounced robe or shawl covering one shoulder, a cubic seat resting on a dais. In front of her there is a long necked bird, swan, goose or heron, symbol of Bau (?) The divine attendant leads by the hand the worshiper. She has a horned mitre, he hair tied in a loop, a plaited robe covering one shoulder. The worshiper wears a fringed shawl and is bareheaded. Concave cyl. seal. Red marble, 31 x 16 mm. MS Coll.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number PBS XIV: 234 - Other Number | 1647 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1647 - Old Museum Number | P269397 - CDLI Number

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