Cylinder Seal

B1099

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B1099
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Section Near Eastern
Materials Hematite
Description

CBS Register: seal cylinder, hematite

PBS XIV: A god in short tunic stepping forth like Martu, but with no shawl nor weapon. A divine attendant with horned mitre, her hair tied in a loop, a plaited robe, has her bare arm slightly extended. The emblems between are the sun disk and the crescent on a pole.

On the reverse a nude Zirbanit in front face, stands up with clasped hands. The emblems around are the ampulla and libra, a squat monkey and a small nude bandy legged man upside down, with one hand up in sign of adoration. Concave cyl. seal. Hematite, 18 /2 x 8 1/2 mm

Credit Line Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889
Other Number PBS XIV: 381 - Other Number

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