Cylinder Seal

CBS Register: seal cylinder, yellow mottled serpentine, forgery. modern.

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated god with hands extended, holding a scepter, while streams arise from his shoulders. He has his head bound by a fillet, a long beard and a flounced robe. Both arms are bare. There are behind him two dots and a palm on a conical support, and a star in front. A divine attendant in horned mitre and plaited skirt, extends one hand as introducing the worshiper. The latter carries a kid offering. He has a bare head, short hair and beard and a flounced skirt reaching to the feet. A second similar worshiper carries a pail with the liquid offering. A scorpion and some cuneiform signs seem cut recently. The seat of the god is a plain square. Concave cylinder seal. Serpentine, 38 x 23 1/2 mm.