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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