Cylinder Seal

B1094

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B1094
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Section Near Eastern
Materials Hematite
Description

CBS Register: seal cylinder, hematite

PBS XIV: A hunter with head in profile steps on the head of a reversed lion. He has a tight hairy tunic with a belt. A second similar figure, with short hair and beard, a belt, a tight tunic with sleeves, kneels down, his head turned away from a rampant devouring lion, his hands extended as if crying for help. There are fishes and a star about him, symbols of regions above and below the earth. Cyl. seal. Hematite, 19 x 9 mm.

Credit Line Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889
Other Number PBS XIV: 273 - Other Number

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