| Object Number | B5066 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Period | Babylonian |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Soapstone |
| Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, soapstone PBS XIV: The worshiping of a moon standard. The crescent rests on a long post with a cross bar. The bar supports two crossed humped bulls. Below the bar, two small figures with long hair and short skirts hold up the post. Behind them there are two more small crescents on poles; one is in the hands of a figure like Gilgamesh in profile, with a short skirt. A well-known standard of Lagash represented a spread eagle seizing two lions with its talons. The group was mounted on a shaft held by two deities. Two divine assistants worship on either side with their hands up. They have the usual horned mitre, hair tied in a loop, and flounced robe. An ithyphallic Eabani fights a rampant lion. Concave cyl. seal. Black diorite, 26 x 15 mm |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1890 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 282 - Other Number | P261258 - CDLI Number |
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