| Object Number | B14475 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Period | Hittite |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Basalt |
| Description | PBS XIV: The worshiping of the Hittite war and thunder god Teshub, hammer and lightning fork in hands. He has a high conical hat, a long tress of hair, a short plaited or embroidered loin cloth. The emblems behind are perhaps a goat head and a vase. A worshiper in turban and fringed robe adores with one hand up. In front of him, Ishhara unveils herself. With both hands she retains the tasseled ends of the veil or shawl that she let slide down her back. Her head is in profile. There is a scorpion, her emblem, in the field. The reverse has a hare, two birds – doves (?) – facing each other, and a rope pattern between. Two fine guilloche borders frame in the whole scene. Cyl. seal. Hematite, 25 ½ x 11 ½ mm. MS Coll. |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 501 - Other Number | 1670 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1670 - Old Museum Number | P269441 - CDLI Number |
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