| Object Number | B14433 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Period | Ur I |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Hematite |
| Description | CBS Register: Seal cylinder. Hematite. Black. Ur, I Dyn. PBS XIV: The worshiping of Shamash as above, by the usual worshiper in fringed shawl with one hand up, and the divine attendant adoring with both hands up. A second god armed with a scimitar is opposed to a lion headed man striking the head of his enemy. The god has a horned mitre, his hair tied in a loop, a beard, a fringed shawl girded about and opening in front to let pass his bare leg. HE steps forth like Martu, but has only scimitar and no club. He is perhaps a figure of Marduk. The lion is the emblem of Nergal, and the lion man has the attitude of Nergal, one hand raised, wielding the scimitar, the other seizing by the hair the head of the vanquished enemy. Concave cyl. seal. Hematite, 22 x 13 ½ mm. MS Coll. |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 422 - Other Number | 1655 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1655 - Old Museum Number | P269399 - CDLI Number |
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