Cylinder Seal

B5081

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B5081
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Babylonian
Section Near Eastern
Materials Limonite
Description

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, limonite

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated bearded god with hand extended holding a cup below the crescent. He has a turban, a fringed shawl, a cubic seat with a low back. In front of him there is a three legged table altar, and behind the weapon of Nergal with a curved blade ending in a lion’s head. There is a tuft of hair along the shaft. The god is approached by two worshipers in turbans and fringed shawls, the first with hands clasped, the second adoring with one hand up. There are an ampulla and a libra between. Cyl. seal. Limonite, 19 x 9 ½ mm

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1890
Other Number PBS XIV: 290 - Other Number | P261273 - CDLI Number

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