| Object Number | B5039 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Period | Babylonian |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Limestone |
| Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, limestone PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess (?) with hand extended. She has a horned mitre, her hair tied in a loop, a flounced robe, a seat built like a temple gate with recesses. The seat has moreover a low curved back, a cushion, and rests, with her footstool on a dais. Behind her there are a caduceus of Ishtar, a frog or beetle, perhaps a turtle, and in front of her a fishman and a human head. A worshiping goddess brings a kid as an offering. She has the horned mitre, her hair tied in a loop and a flounced robe. A nude Gilgamesh with head in profile has locked arms with an ithyphallic Eabani. The other emblems are the crescent, the ampulla and libra. Concave, cyl. seal. Limestone, 22 x 11 mm |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1890 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 260 - Other Number | P261231 - CDLI Number |
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