Cylinder Seal

B14371

From: Iraq | Abu Hatab

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B14371
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Abu Hatab
Section Near Eastern
Materials Serpentine
Description

CBS Register: Seal cyl. Green serpentine.

PBS XIV: A palm like tree of life with offshoots along the stock. A hunter with a bird like head and a short skirt attacks a rampant bull. There are a crescent and two large borders decorated with triangles, a very primitive pattern copying the fringes of a woven piece. Cyl. seal. Serpentine, 48 x 12 ½ mm. Abu-Hatab.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition I-IV, 1888-1900
Other Number PBS XIV: 599 - Other Number | P269339 - CDLI Number

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