Cylinder Seal

31-43-61

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-43-61
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Marble (Stone)
Iconography Worshipper | Crescent | Tree | Man | Amphora | Libra
Description

Pink, barrel shaped. Two worshippers of crescent on pole, tree, bandylegged man, amphora and libra.

UE X: an assistant introduces the worshipper to a standing god of the Martu type. A crescent on a pole separates them. The Amorite god wears only a short tunic, the other two a long robe. Their head-dress is the turban. Scattered in the field are the ampulla nd libra and the bandy-legged man. Barrel-shaped pink marble cylinder.

Length 1.9 cm
Width 0.6 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931
Other Number U.17321 - Field No SF | UE X: 519 - Other Number

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