| Object Number | CBS14249 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Period | Ur III |
| Date Made | 2100-2000 BCE |
| Section | Babylonian |
| Materials | Clay |
| Inscription Language | Sumerian Language |
| Description | PBS XIV: The worshiping of a crescent on a pole, an emblem of the Moon god. On one side stands the divine assistant adoring with one hand up. She has a horned mitre, her hair tied in a loop, a flounced robe. Behind her a scorpion and a bird are perhaps emblems of Bau and Ninni-Ishtar. On the other side two shaven and shorn worshipers in fringed shawls adore with one hand up. Seal impress. on a clay tablet of the time of Shulgi. Nippur. See CDLI for transliteration info and line art (hand drawing of inscription). |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900 |
| Other Number | P121194 - CDLI Number | PBS XIV: 280 - Other Number | B14249 - Old Museum Number | CBS 14249 - Other Number |
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