Cylinder Seal

B1013

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B1013
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Section Near Eastern
Materials Limonite
Description

CBS Register: seal cylinder, limonite

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess with hand extended below the crescent. She has the usual horned mitre, hair tied in a loop and flounced robe. her seat is built like a gateway with recesses and has a low curved back. The divine assistant, iwth the same mitre, hair and robe, leads by the hand the worshiper in a fringed shawl and a low turban. Both adore with their free hand up. There arealso an ampulla and libra.

The would-be rays or flames on the shoulder of the goddess are due to the defective texture of the stone. Shamas. Aa. Cyl. seal. Limonite, 17 x 9 mm.

Credit Line Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889
Other Number PBS XIV: 261 - Other Number

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