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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