Cylinder Seal
B14304
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B14304 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Archaeology Area | found in valley Shatt el-Nil-Shukhur, 3 ft. deep |
| Period | Sargonic |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Quartz |
| Description | CBS Register: seal cylinder. white crystal. broken. Sargon. period. PBS XIV: Two rampant lions seize by their hind legs two reversed bulls. “Nin-ku-ku” This is a rare and perhaps divine name, written without the divine prefix, the star. The people of Bit-Gaggar, the city of the storm god Immer-Ramman, worshiped a goddess Ninpesh also named Kuku, Ninpesh-parzilli, Ninpesh-seri, the mistress of the beasts of the plain. Cyl. seal with many pieces broken off. Quartz, 31 x 19 mm. Nippur, from the Shatt-el-Nil, 1894. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 144 - Other Number | P269272 - CDLI Number |
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