Cylinder Seal

B16881

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B16881
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area EM
Section Near Eastern
Materials Diorite
Iconography God | Lion
Description

presentation to seated god, rampant lion

CBS Register: season V. cylinder seal. diorite. presentation to a seated god. lion rampant.

UE X: scene of introduction. The seated god holds the large doubly curved weapon or scimitar (as represented on No. 389). The assistant leading the bare-headed worshipper, wears, like the god, horned mitre and flounced robe. A lion rampant seems a later addition over a defaced inscription. Crescent. Steatite cylinder.

Length 2.4 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1927
Other Number U.7894 - Field No SF | UE X: 376 - Other Number

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