Cylinder Seal

B14459

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B14459
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Ur I
Date Made 2999-2000 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Hematite
Description

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 rows of flounced material, a footstool. There is a squat monkey in front. Two worshipers in turbans – or short hair and beard (?) – and fringed shawls stand up with clasped hands. There are an ampulla and a libra between them, and four dots for each figure.

“Shamash”

Cyl. seal. Hematite, 17 x 8 mm. MS Coll

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number PBS XIV: 309 - Other Number | 1367 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1367 - Old Museum Number | P269425 - CDLI Number

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