Object Number | B1007 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Serpentine |
Description | CBS Register: seal cylinder, talcose serpentine PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess with hand extended below the crescent. She is bareheaded, with a fillet tied about her hair (?). She has a flounced robe, and a cubic seat slightly hollowed and with a low back. Behind her a rampant winged dragon with a feather tail is the emblem of Ninlil and Enlil of Nippur. In front of her there are the ampulla and libra. The diving attendant, with horned mitre, hair tied in a loop, but a plaited robe covering one shoulder, leads by the hand the shaven and shorn worshiper in a fringed shawl. Both adore with their free hand up. Concave cyl. seal. Serpentine, 22 x 12 mm. |
Credit Line | Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889 |
Other Number | PBS XIV: 259 - Other Number |
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