Object Number | CBS14261 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
Section | Babylonian |
Materials | Clay |
Description | PBS XIV: Marduk stands up, scimitar in one hand, the other hand pressed to his breast. He has a turban, a long beard, his hair tied behind, a fringed shawl covering one shoulder. There is a rhomb opposed to the sun cross symbols of heaven and earth. Above the inscription a plant of life is guarded by two birds with long folded wings and heads turned back. “Marduk//chief of heaven and earth//listens unto//his worshiper.” Seal impress. on a fragment of black clay bulla with marks of strings on the back. Nippur. |
Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900 |
Other Number | P269228 - CDLI Number | PBS XIV: 548 - Other Number | B14261 - Old Museum Number | CBS 14261 - Other Number |
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