Cylinder Seal

B12458

From: Iraq | Yokha

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B12458
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Yokha
Section Near Eastern
Materials Stone
Description

CBS Register: seal cylinder, much worn off

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess, hand extended below the crescent. She has a horned mitre and a flounced robe. In front of her there is a vase or an altar table (?). The divine assistant in plaited robe leads by the hand the shaven and shorn worshiper in a fringed shawl. Both adore with their free hand up. On the reverse Eabani fights a rampant lion. Two border lines frame the scene in. Cyl. seal, much worn. Soapstone, 26 x 13 mm. Jokha, 1890.

Credit Line Purchased from J. H. Haynes, 1894
Other Number PBS XIV: 270 - Other Number | P268057 - CDLI Number

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