Cylinder Seal

B1014

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B1014
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Modern
Section Near Eastern
Materials Serpentine
Description

CBS Register: seal cylinder, Talcose serpentine (soft), forgery. Modern

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess with hand extended below the crescent. She has the usual horned mitre, hair tied in a loop, flounced robe, and a seat with three legs on one side resting on a dais. The diving attendant, with the same mitre and hair but a plaited robe covering one shoulder, leads by the hand the shaven and shorn worshiper in a fringed shawl. Both adore with their free hand up. M-an-sum, tug-du. Concave cyl. seal. Serpentine, 26 x 14 mm.

Credit Line Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889
Other Number PBS XIV: 250 - Other Number

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