Cylinder Seal

B5044

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B5044
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Babylonian
Section Near Eastern
Materials Carnelian
Description

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, carnelian, piece broken out

PBS XIV doesn't seem to match this object:

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated bearded god holding a small cup below the crescent. He has a turban, a fringed shawl, a seat covered with flounced material. Streams are issuing from his head and lap, a symbol of Ea god of waters(?). A worshiper with short hair and beard (?) and a fringed shawl stands up with hands clasped. There is a perhaps a libra represented by three dots, and a second worshiper on a portion of the seal broken off.

“Egum//son of Shuannaa” Cyl. seal. Chalcedony, 21 ½ x 12 mm

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1890
Other Number PBS XIV: 314 - Other Number | P261236 - CDLI Number

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