Bulla

CBS4007

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Babylonian

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Object Number CBS4007
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Section Babylonian
Materials Clay
Description

PBS XIV: A nude Gilgamesh in front face steps on the head of a reversed lion. A second symmetrical Gilgamesh steps on the head of a reversed bull. Between them a smaller Gilgamesh holds a spouting vase, over a small kneeling figure, one hand up, perhaps holding a libation vase. Seal impress. on a fragment of clay bulla. Nippur.

Credit Line Gift of Hermann V. Hilprecht, Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896
Other Number P260323 - CDLI Number | B4007 - Old Museum Number | CBS 04007 - Other Number | PBS XIV: 274 - Other Number

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