Cylinder Seal

B7332

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B7332
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period First Dynasty
Section Near Eastern
Materials Diorite
Description

CBS Register: Black diorite seal of 1st Dynasty. Priest conducts worshipper to his god.

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess with hand extended below the crescent. She has the horned mitre, her hair tied in a loop, a flounced robe covering one shoulder, a seat with a low curved back and built with recesses like a gateway, and a footstool. There is a passing lion (?) behind her. In front a divine attendant, with the same mitre, hair and robe, leads by the hand a shaven and shorn worshiper in a fringed shawl. Both adore with their free hand up. Ampulla and libra in the field.

Shamash Aa

Cyl. seal. Black diorite, 22 x 13 mm. MS. Coll.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number PBS XIV: 307 - Other Number | 1660 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1660 - Old Museum Number | P262354 - CDLI Number

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