Object Number | B5090 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq |
Period | Babylonian |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Carnelian |
Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, carnelian PBS XIV: The worshiping of a god stepping forth like Shamash, one bare leg lifted on a base, one arm extended, the other folded to his breast – perhaps holding a club or a scimitar. He has a horned conical mitre, his hair tie din a loop, a plaited shawl girded about and opening in front. A worshiper in turban and short tunic steps forth like Martu but without his club. There is an unfinished emblem, a fly (?). Concave cyl. seal. Brown agate, 17 x 8 ½ mm |
Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1890 |
Other Number | PBS XIV: 533 - Other Number | P261282 - CDLI Number |
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