| Object Number | B1016 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Agalmatolite (uncertain) | Saponite (uncertain) | Serpentine (uncertain) |
| Description | CBS Register: seal cylinder, Agalmatolite or Saponite PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess with hand extended under the crescent. She has a horned mitre, her hair tied in a loop, a flounced robe, a seat with three feet on one side, and a footstool resting on a ground line. Behind her there is a large caduceus, a round club between two curved blades ending in lions’ heads. The shaft seems ornamented with spiral or rope pattern. A smaller club is planted in front. Both are emblems of a ware goddess like Ishtar. The divine attendant with horned mitre and flounced robe leads by the hand the worshiper. The latter is shaven and shorn and wears the frigngd shawl and round cap or turban of Gudea. Both adore with their free hand up. Between them stands a small nude figure of a servant or priest (?). Concave cyl. seal. Serpentine, 25 x 14 mm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 242 - Other Number |
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