Cylinder Seal

31-43-37

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-43-37
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area BC, grave against SW wall of Bur-Sin's SE annex | UE X: BC from a larnax grave in the outer face of the SW wall of the SW Mausoleum of Bur-Sin
Section Near Eastern
Materials Diorite
Iconography Weapon | Monkey | Dwarf | Worshipper
Description

Worshipping d'Martu, Nergal weapon, monkey, bandylegged dwarf.

UE X: a god armed with crook and club stands up, his bare leg resting on a low base. A pleated shawl hangs down from his waist. He apparently wears a turban. There is a squatting monkey before him, and a worshipper in pleated robe raising one hand. next comes a short Hittite figure in pointed cap and tunic, holding a curved club in the right hand and a piece of game in the left. A human head fills the ground below. A tall Nergal weapon fills the space at the back. FInally, a bare-headed worshipper stands up with clasped hands, followed by the nude bandy-legged man. Steatite cylinder.

Length 2.2 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931
Other Number U.16262 - Field No SF | UE X: 472 - Other Number

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