Cylinder Seal
B14347
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B14347 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Archaeology Area | jewel jars, hill VIII |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Paste |
| Description | CBS Register: Seal cyl. paste, with green enamel. PBS XIV: A bearded Babylonian worshiper, with turban, long hair hanging, and a plain robe, stands with clasped hands in front of four emblems: a fly, two walking birds, and a fist. Three lines of illegible inscription. Cyl. seal. Glazed pottery, 29 ½ x 12 mm. Nippur, 1894, jewel jar, hill VIII Matthews: Seal, greenish glass. 29.5 x diam. 12. Inscription in three vertical lines. Man, arms not shown but probably to be understood as martial; fly, two birds, fish. Top and bottom lines. Inscription: "Marduk, great lord/....god,/....." Text apparently garbled. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 568 - Other Number | P269315 - CDLI Number |
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