| Object Number | B16293 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area | KP, found in a Neo-Babylonian grave |
| Date Made | ca. 2500 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Steatite |
| Iconography | Shamash | Mountain | Porter | Gateway |
| Description | pink. Shamash rising between mountains, porters open gates. reused in Neo-Babylonian grave. CBS Register: cylinder seal. yellow diorite. Shamash rising between mountains. porters opening gates. BC2500. Found in Neo bab grave. 32 x 19 mm UE X: two porters open the doors revealing Samas, stepping, sword in hand, over the mountains. A spear, point down, is planted in the field. Pink steatite cylinder. |
| Length | 3.1 cm |
| Width | 2 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1926 |
| Other Number | U.6630 - Field No SF | UE X: 240 - Other Number | P270075 - CDLI Number |
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