Cylinder Seal

B5085

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B5085
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Babylonian
Section Near Eastern
Materials Menaccanite
Description

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, menaccanite

PBS XIV: The worshipping of a bearded standing god with hand extended low He has a horned mitre, his hair tied behind, a flounced robe. In front of him a bearded Martu in turban and short tunic steps forth, one arm hanging, the other folded to his breast. The emblems are a spear of Marduk on a support below the crescent, and the crooked stick of Martu below a star.

A worshiper or divine assistant in long robe adores with one hand up. “Sin-ahidinnam,//servant of Sin.” Cyl. seal. Hematite, 20 x 7 ½ mm

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1890
Other Number PBS XIV: 477 - Other Number | P261277 - CDLI Number

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