Object Number | CBS14193 |
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 seated bearded god, hand extended holding a small cup (?). He has a turban, a fringed shawl, a seat covered with flounced material and resting on a dais. A divine assistant, with horned mitre, hair tied in a loop, a flounced robe covering one shoulder, leads by the hand the shaven and shorn worshiper in a fringed shawl. Both adore with their free hand up. “Shulgii//might hero//king of Ur//Lishalum//son of Shunili//patesi of//Marad//is thy servant” Marad is the actual Wannet es Sa’dun. Seal impress. on the clay envelope of a contract tablet. Nippur. Administrative text. See CDLI for transliteration info and line art (hand drawing of inscription). |
Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900 |
Other Number | P125410 - CDLI Number | PBS XIV: 286 - Other Number | B14193 - Old Museum Number | CBS 14193 - Other Number |
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