Cylinder Seal
B1062
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B1062 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Period | Middle Babylonian Period | Kassite Period |
| Date Made | 1400-1100 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Carnelian | Chalcedony |
| Description | CBS Register: seal cylinder, Impure Carnelian Chalcedony PBS XIV: The seal of king Kurigalzu, about BC1390. A single bearded worshiper, probably the king himself, stands adoring with one hand up, in front of an eight line inscription with is a prayer for his life. He has a plain low turban, his hair tied behind, a long fringed embroidered robe. The emblems on the field are a cross within a cross and two rhombs, probably symbols of heaven and earth, the twin universe. "May the name reveled progress on high, //so that the net of his royalty may reach father; // His lot is abundance, riches...//his life far renowned for its fullness; //A plenitude of days heavenly bright, //for the great leader of men, the chief... //Kurigalzu, //king of the whole world." Concave cyl. seal. Brown carnelian with white layers, 32 x 14 mm. Matthews: Seal, pink banded agate. 32 x diam 14. Inscription in eight vertical lines; man facing left, arms 11, on groundline; cross, rhombs and locust. Topline over inscription. "May he be established as one chosen by his god/May he be (considered) noble in the gate of his king/As his lot may abundance, wealth,/and a life of long days be decreed for him/Pir'i-Amurru,/Chief of the Assembly, Chief Surveyor/of Kurigalzu,/King of the world." |
| Height | 3.2 cm |
| Length | 1.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 531 - Other Number | P511791 - CDLI Number |
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