Cylinder Seal

B14424

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B14424
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Sargonic
Section Near Eastern
Materials Serpentine
Description

CBS Register: Seal cylinder. Diorite. Serpentine. Sargonic.

PBS XIV: The worshiping of the rising Shamash with his notched sword in hand and his bare leg lifted over a stool or low mountain. In front of him branches and leaves are placed in a vase. An assistant goddess, with horned mitre and plaited robe, leads by the hand a bareheaded worshiper in fringed shawl. Both lift their free hand in sign of adoration. In the rear Eabani in front face holds up a door post shaped like a lance with a hilt. Concave cyl. seal, much worn. Serpentine, 29 x 14 mm. MS Coll.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number PBS XIV: 193 - Other Number | 1701 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1701 - Old Museum Number | P269390 - CDLI Number

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