| Object Number | B8920 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Period | Babylonian |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Soapstone |
| Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, soapstone PBS XIV: Archaic scene in two registers. In the upper register, two worshipers stand with one hand up in front of a symbol of vegetation, a palm with two hanging branches or fruits on a conical support, perhaps a vase. Their head is bare and they wear a long robe. A third worshiper lifts his hands in token of prayer in front of an emblem, a crescent and a star (?) on a long pole. In the early ritual scenes a nude priest pours the liquid streams of a libation into a conical vase from which palm branches and clusters of fruits are issuing. The form of this vase is very close to that of the hourglass shaped altar. A pine tree or a cypress may also be a symbol of vegetation, and the emblem of a mountain goddess on early seals. The lower register has three scorpions. Cyl. seal. Soapstone, 35 x 10 mm. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 169 - Other Number | P263737 - CDLI Number |
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