Cylinder Seal
B8966
From: Iraq | Babylon
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B8966 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Babylon |
| Period | Babylonian Period |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Hematite |
| Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, hematite PBS XIV: The worshiping of a god stepping forth like Shamash perhaps sword in hand (?). He has a horned mitre, his hair tied in a loop, and a plaited shawl girded about and opening in front to let pass his bare leg lifted on a stool. There are a sun disk and a crescent above. A worshiper in turban and fringed shawl adores with one hand up. The usual divine attendant does the same with both hands. There are an ampulla and a libra between them. “Sin// and Ningal” Cyl. seal. Hematite, 18 x 7 mm |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition II, 1890 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 403 - Other Number | P263783 - CDLI Number |
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