| Object Number | B7324 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Period | First Dynasty |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Diorite |
| Description | CBS Register: black diorite seal. First dynasty. PBS XIV: The worshiping of Shamash as above. He has a horned mitre, his hair tied in a loop, a beard, a plaited shawl girded about and opening in front. Behind him a bareheaded servant with short loin cloth holds a crooked stick of Martu. He stands at a higher level, perhaps on a dais. A bearded worshiper brings a kid as an offering. He has a turban, and a fringed shawl girded about and opening in front to let pass his bare leg below his short tunic. The usual divine attendant adores with both hands up. “Samas//Aa” Concave cyl. seal. Hematite, 23 ½ x 13 mm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 405 - Other Number | 1641 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1641 - Old Museum Number | P262346 - CDLI Number |
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