Cylinder Seal

B5015

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B5015
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Modern
Section Near Eastern
Materials Serpentine
Description

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, serpentine, forgery. Modern

PBS XIV: Assyrian libation scene. A bearded figure – a king (?)- stands up, a libation cup in one hand, the other resting on his bow. He has the usual heavy hair bound by a fillet, and robe with zones of fringes.

There are a pointed vase on a high stand in front, and on the opposite side the attendant holding a fan and the end of his stola. He has the usual long beard, hair and fringed robe. The reverse has a star above a tree. Cyl. seal. Black diorite, 27 x 12 mm

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1890
Other Number PBS XIV: 575 - Other Number | P261207 - CDLI Number

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