Cylinder Seal

B14472

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B14472
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Akkadian
Section Near Eastern
Materials Soapstone
Iconography God | Bull | Monkey
Description

PBS XIV: A seated god in flounced robe, drinks through a pipe from a vase placed on an X stand in front. A bull idol on a square base below a canopy is probably the emblem of Adad. The other symbols are the ampulla and libra and a squat monkey.

Cyl. seal. Soapstone, 20 ½ x 10 mm. MS Coll.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number PBS XIV: 572 - Other Number | 1646 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1646 - Old Museum Number | P269438 - CDLI Number

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