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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