| Object Number | B5027 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Period | Babylonian |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Limestone |
| Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, limestone PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess with hand extended below the crescent and a sun disk. Her head has been defaced. She has a flounced robe, and a seat with three legs on one side resting on a dais. In front of her there is an altar of a particular shape, composed of a round vase with a log neck and a slender spout resting on a columnar support. It is a symbol of liquid offerings. The divine assistant, with a flounced robe covering one shoulder, leads by the hand the shaven and shorn worshiper in a fringed shawl. Both adore with their free hand up. In the rear a second divine attendant intercedes with two hands up. She has a horned mitre, her hair tied in a loop, and a plaited robe covering one shoulder. “Nin-shubur//pure heavenly messenger//who wields the brilliant scepter.” Concave cyl. seal. Serpentine, 31 ½ x 19 mm |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1890 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 256 - Other Number | P261219 - CDLI Number |
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