Cylinder Seal

B1069

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B1069
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Section Near Eastern
Materials Basalt
Description

CBS Register: seal cylinder, polished basalt

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a god stepping forth like Martu but without any beard or weapon. The usual divine attendant adores with both hands up. Between them there are a crescent on a support, and a nude Zirbanit in front face. Behind the god there are a bareheaded Amorite servant in short loin cloth carrying a crooked stick and a squat monkey. Concave cyl. seal. Serpentine, 25 x 13 1/2 mm.

Credit Line Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889
Other Number PBS XIV: 389 - Other Number

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