Tablet

CBS13870

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Babylonian

Object Number CBS13870
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Section Babylonian
Materials Clay
Description

CBS Register: Irregular dark frag. bearing two seal impressions. Before the (illegible), a fallen foe attacked by an eagle. A priest in action of (illegible).

PBS XIV: The eagle is captured by two divine attendants and probably brought in judgment before Ea. The bird – this time not a birdman – is fighting with claws and wings to free himself. One attendant has caught him by the leg and kneels down as if to avoid his wings and beak. The other stands up and grasps one flapping wing while striking him with a short club. A third officer leads in front with a club on his shoulder. All have the horned mitre, their hair tied in a loop behind, and flounced skirt leaving bare the upper body. There is a branch with fruits in the background.

Seal impress. on a fragment of clay bulla with marks of strings on the back. Nippur.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900
Other Number P268885 - CDLI Number | PBS XIV: 177 - Other Number | B13870 - Old Museum Number | CBS 13870 - Other Number

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