Cylinder Seal

B5451

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B5451
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Babylonian
Section Near Eastern
Materials Hematite
Description

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder in hematite

PBS XIV: The worshiping of Martu stepping forth club in hand. He has a turban, beard, short tunic and shawl. A divine attendant adores with both hands up. She has the usual horned mitre, hair tied in a loop, and flounced robe. Behind the god a servant brings a cone libation vase, and a metal pail with liquid offerings. He is bareheaded – shaven and shorn (?) – and has a short loin cloth embroidered on the side. Concave cyl. seal. Hematite, 21 x 10 mm

Credit Line Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889
Other Number PBS XIV: 347 - Other Number | P261645 - CDLI Number

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