Cylinder Seal

B14374

From: Iraq | Abu Hatab

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B14374
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Abu Hatab
Section Near Eastern
Materials Hematite
Description

CBS Register: Seal cyl. Hematite.

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a standing bearded (?) god, in turban, flounced robe, his hair tied behind, and both hands clasped to his breast, holding no scepter nor weapons. A bearded worshiper dressed like him brings a kid as an offering. The symbols between are a bee or fly, a goat fish, a small kneeling figure in short tunic and with clasped hands. Behind the god there are a star, a rampant lion, a winged dragon with a feather tail.

Nin-si-an-na//Kabta

Kabta, perhaps a cassite god, is mentioned on documents of the First Dynsasty of Babylon. Concave cyl. seal. Hematite, 24 x 12 mm. Abu-Hatab.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition I-IV, 1888-1900
Other Number PBS XIV: 448 - Other Number | P269342 - CDLI Number

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