| Object Number | B14420 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Period | Sargonic |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Serpentine |
| Description | CBS Register: Seal cylinder. Diorite. Serpentine. Sargonic. PBS XIV: The rising Shamash, with rays from his shoulders and his notched sword in hand, steps over the mountains, between the open gates of dawn. The mountains are represented by superposed horizontal lines. The god stands between two mounts, his hand resting on the top of one, his leg lifted over the next. He has a horned mitre, a beard, his hair tied in a loop. But his plaited shawl is girded about his middle, and leaves his arms and chest bare and opens in front to let pass his bare leg. The shawl is thrown over on shoulder in time of rest, and girded about the body in time of action. The loin cloth was perhaps a first garment below the shawl. One porter, with a fringed shawl, holds the rope used for closing or tying the door. The tree behind him is a symbol of vegetation and life (?). Concave cyl. seal. Serpentine, 37 ½ x 24 mm. MS Coll. |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 188 - Other Number | 1695 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1695 - Old Museum Number | 1679 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number | P269386 - CDLI Number |
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