| Object Number | B3798 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Serpentine |
| Description | CBS Register: Seal cylinder in serpentine. Place of discovery not reported, HVH PBS XIV: The worshiping of the rising Shamash with rays from his shoulders and his notched sword in hand. He lifts his bare leg over mountains represented by parallel lines, like a stage tower supporting a door post, while his right hand holds a club. He has a horned mitre, a beard, a plaited shawl girded about. Behind him a divine attendant, with the same mitre, beard and plaited shawl, lifts one hand in sign of adoration. In front a bareheaded human worshiper in fringed shawl has the same attitude. Concave cyl. seal. serpentine, 23 x 13 mm. Nippur, 1890 |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 192 - Other Number |
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