| Object Number | B7312 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Period | Early Babylonian Period |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Diorite |
| Description | PBS XIV: The worshiping of the goddess of corn, Nidaba. She is seated on a very simple thrown and extends one hand of welcome. Barley seems to grown from her garments. Behind her a large sheaf with stalks radiating above and below is the very picture, the ideographic sign of her name, se+elieg: Nidaba. There is a flat crescent above. The goddess is approached by divine attendants with horned mitres, plaited robes covered the left shoulder, and long hair, tied in a loop, or hanging on the back. The first adores with one hand up, the second keeps the hands clasped. Between them there is an axe and a simple camp stool. Concave cyl. seal, with a piece broken off. Black diorite, 35 x 23 mm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 167 - Other Number | 1662 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1662 - Old Museum Number | P262334 - CDLI Number |
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