Cylinder Seal

B8923

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B8923
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Period Babylonian
Section Near Eastern
Materials Chalcedony (uncertain) | Jasper (uncertain)
Description

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, vein of chalcedony in jasper (might be called onyx)

PBS XIV: The worshiping of Martu with turban, beard, tunic and shawl, stepping forth club in hand. A worshiper in turban and fringed robe adores with one hand up. There is a bull’s head in the field. Cyl. seal. Onyx-white chalcedony between jasper layers, 23 x 12 mm.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890
Other Number PBS XIV: 352 - Other Number | P263740 - CDLI Number

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