Cylinder Seal

B1001

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B1001
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Modern
Section Near Eastern
Materials Serpentine
Description

CBS Register: seal cylinder, yellow mottled serpentine, forgery. modern.

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated god with hands extended, holding a scepter, while streams arise from his shoulders. He has his head bound by a fillet, a long beard and a flounced robe. Both arms are bare. There are behind him two dots and a palm on a conical support, and a star in front. A divine attendant in horned mitre and plaited skirt, extends one hand as introducing the worshiper. The latter carries a kid offering. He has a bare head, short hair and beard and a flounced skirt reaching to the feet. A second similar worshiper carries a pail with the liquid offering. A scorpion and some cuneiform signs seem cut recently. The seat of the god is a plain square. Concave cylinder seal. Serpentine, 38 x 23 1/2 mm.

Credit Line Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889
Other Number PBS XIV: 158 - Other Number | P481229 - CDLI Number

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