Cylinder Seal

CBS Register: black diorite seal. complex mythology. authenticity doubtful.

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated bearded god, hand extended below the crescent. He has a horned mitre, his hair tied in a loop, a flounced robe, a seat covered with rows of flounced material and resting on a goat fish, a symbol of Ea. In the field above there is a small crouched kid (?) and a undulating line behind may be a serpent, a worm or a stream of rain (?). A bearded divine attendant in front carries a spouting vase with liquid fillets flowing right and left, symbol of libation or gift of water. He has a horned mitre, his hair tied in a loop, and a flounced robe.

The war goddess Ishtar steps forth, one hand lifted under an eight pointed star. She has a horned mitre, her hair tied in a loop, a fringed shawl girded about and opening in front to let pass her bare leg. Her breast is protected by a short tunic or cuirass. She has no weapons, and is here a secondary deity.

Lastly a divine attendant, with horned mitre, hair tied in a loop, and a flounced robe, adores with one hand up. There are an ampulla and a libra in front of her, and behind the curved weapon of Nergal ending in a lion’s head.

A worshiper in turban and fringed shawl adores with one hand up. Concave cyl. seal. Hematite, 18 ½ x 11 mm