Cylinder Seal
35-1-9
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 35-1-9 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area | PJ, G140 |
| Date Made | 2475-2300 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Jadeite |
| Iconography | Moon God? | Attendant |
| Description | Jadeite. Lugal-dar d. Dada. Moon god? and attendants. UE X: the seated god and his attendants all wearing horned mitres, beards, and chignons. The god and chief assistant are draped in flounced cloth, the others in pleated skirts. There is a crescent above the god, a star before him. The first and last assistant keep their hands clasped. The middle man, the speaker (?) has his extended. A club is planted before him. Seal of Lugal-dar (?), son of Da-da. Green steatite cylinder. |
| Length | 3.1 cm |
| Width | 1.7 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1935 |
| Other Number | U.18974 - Field No SF | UE X: 295 - Other Number | P468630 - CDLI Number | UM 35-01-009 - Other Number |
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