Stamp Seal

B12126

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B12126
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Description

CBS Register: Pottery stamp in terracotta in fine state of preservation, a hole running horizontally through the walls, 2 different patterns

PBS XVI: Potter’s stamp. The die in the form of a truncated cone, has designs in the hollow cut in both upper and lower faces. One represents a cross of four palmettes in a circle of dots with triangles between; the other is an imitation of wicker work. A hole pierced through the die served to attach it.

Credit Line Gift of Hermann V. Hilprecht, Babylonian Expedition to Nippur IV, 1900
Other Number PBS XVI: 383 - Other Number | P267728 - CDLI Number

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