Cylinder Seal

B7317

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B7317
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Late Period | Modern (uncertain)
Section Near Eastern
Materials Marble (Stone)
Description

Note on box: Neo-Bab

CBS Register: variegated marble seal. Late. Perhaps not genuine.

PBS XIV: A plant of life between two human headed winged sphinxes. They have a round mitre with horns and three points on the summit and long hanging hair. There are an eight pointed star on the reverse and two border lines. Convex cyl. seal. Chalcedony with red layers, 34 x 14 1/2 mm

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number PBS XIV: 587 - Other Number | 1411 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1411 - Old Museum Number | P262339 - CDLI Number

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