Cylinder Seal

B1012

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B1012
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Section Near Eastern
Materials Serpentine
Description

CBS Register: seal cylinder, greenish serpentine

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess with hand extended below the crescent and the sun star. She has the usual horned mitre, hair tied in a loop, flounced robe and cubic seat. The diving attendant, in a plaited robe, leads by the hand the shaven and shorn worshiper in a fringed shawl. Both adore with their free hand up. Nu-ru-um, son of I-ti-a. Cyl. seal. Green jade like stone, 16 1/2 9 mm.

Credit Line Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889
Other Number PBS XIV: 251 - Other Number

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