| Object Number |
B14485 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Provenience |
Iraq |
| Period |
Archaic |
| Section |
Near Eastern |
| Materials |
Shell |
| Description |
PBS XIV: mountains and trees opposed upside down. Cylinder seal, Shell 25 x 10 mm. MS. Coll. CBS Register: Seal cylinder, shell, Archaic |
| Credit Line |
Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number |
PBS XIV: 31 - Other Number | 1643 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1643 - Old Museum Number | 1655 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number | P269451 - CDLI Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
This object has never been on display.
Bibliography
| Legrain, Leon. The Culture of the Babylonians. XIV. The University Museum, Publications of the Babylonian Section, 1925. |
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| Sommerville, Maxwell. Manual Descriptive of a Collection of Talismans Engraved on Stones and Metals of Various Countries and Epochs, Illustrative of What Man has Worn for his Protection from Accident and Disease; Also, Ancient Gems, Babylonian Cylinders, Persian Seals, etc.. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Archaeology and Paleontology, 1889. Page/Fig./Plate: 24, #1655 |
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