| Object Number | B3790 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Diorite |
| Description | CBS Register: Seal cylinder in limestone. Place of discovery not reported to HVH PBS XIV: The worshiping of the rising Shamash. The god, with rays from his shoulders and his notched sword in hand, lifts his bare leg not over mountains, but on the head of a small crouched animal. THe vigorous primitive design has degenerated into conventional form. The god has still his horned mitre, beard and plaited shawl girded about. His hair hangs loose behind. A simple door reminds us of the poetical gates of dawn, but there are no porters nor divine attendants. A bareheaded human worshiper lifts one hand in sign of adoration in front of a three legged table covered with a pile of cakes, or food offerings. Concave cyl. seal. Black diorite, 23 x 12 mm. Nippur, 1890. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 191 - Other Number |
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