Cylinder Seal
B16300
From: Iraq | Ur | Diqdiqqeh
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B16300 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur | Diqdiqqeh |
| Date Made | ca. 2200-2100 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Steatite |
| Iconography | Seated Goddess | Swan |
| Description | CBS Register: cylinder seal. black steatite. 3 grooves in middle. Introduction of votary to seated god . 3 swans. 34 x 8 mm. BC 2700. UE X: two registers separated by three lines. Above: scene of introduction to a seated goddess. Bird emblem on a pole. Square stool, footstool, and podium. Below: three swans with raised wings on the river. Black steatite cylinder. These birds are more likely geese than swans. |
| Length | 3.5 cm |
| Width | 0.8 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1926 |
| Other Number | U.6065 - Field No SF | UE X: 250 - Other Number | P270080 - CDLI Number |
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