Cylinder Seal

B8992

From: Iraq | Tello

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B8992
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Tello
Period Babylonian Period
Section Near Eastern
Materials Soapstone
Description

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, fragment, soapstone

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess, with hand extended below the crescent. She has a horned mitre, her hair tied in a loop, a flounced robe. In front of her there is a bird or scorpion. The divine attendant dressed like the goddess, but with a plaited robe or shawl over one shoulder, leads by the hand the bareheaded worshiper in fringed shawl. Both adore with their free hand up. Concave cyl. seal. A piece broken off. Soapstone, 20 x 10 mm

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition II, 1890
Other Number PBS XIV: 222 - Other Number | P263809 - CDLI Number

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