Object Number | B8928 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
Period | Babylonian |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Lapis Lazuli |
Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, lapis lazuli PBS XIV: The worshiping of Shamash as above (notched sword, bare leg lifted). The emblems above are the crescent the sun disk with cross and rays within and a star. The worshiper in turban and fringed shawl adores with one hand up. The usual divine attendant does the same with both hands. A bareheaded servant in short tunic carries a libation vase. Between them there are an ampulla and libra, and on the reverse a squat monkey and a small nude bandy legged man. Concave cyl. seal. Lapis lazuli, 20 x 11 mm. |
Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890 |
Other Number | PBS XIV: 410 - Other Number | P263745 - CDLI Number |
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