Cylinder Seal

B9100

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B9100
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Period Babylonian
Section Near Eastern
Materials Hematite
Description

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, hematite

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a god with hand extended below the crescent. He has a horned mitre and a plaited shawl girded about. A worshiper brings a kid as an offering and adores with one hand up. He has a turban and a fringed shawl opening in front. A last figure in turban and fringed tunic steps forth like Martu but without any club in hand. There are an ampulla and a libra in the field.

“Nabu//the lofty scribe”

Cyl. seal with a broken piece. Hematite, 19 x 9 mm

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890
Other Number PBS XIV: 485 - Other Number | P264526 - CDLI Number

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