Cylinder Seal

B1077

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B1077
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Period Middle Babylonian Period
Date Made 1400-1100 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Beryl
Description

CBS Register: seal cylinder, beryl, fragment

PBS XIV: A worshiper with turban, beard, hair tied behind and a plain fringed shawl, adores with one hand up in front of an inscription in form of a prayer. There are two Rhombs in the field. "Ishbe azag...//his word in heave and earth...stands.//No revelation comes forth,//no elevation increases.//May he live who collects thy decrees,//may thy libator last for ever.//the standard bearer,//they servant worshiper..." Broken concave cyl. seal. Beryl, 34 x 14 1/2 mm.

Height 3.4 cm
Length 1.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889
Other Number PBS XIV: 544 - Other Number | P511792 - CDLI Number

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