| Object Number | B1006 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Period | Modern |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Jade (uncertain) |
| Description | CBS Register: seal cylinder, hard, jade-like stone, forgery, piece broken, modern. PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess with arm extended holding a scepter below the crescent and a star. She has her hair tied in a loop behind, and a flounced robe. Her seat is broken off. In front of her is an archaic cubic altar reduced by a step on one side. On the upper shelf is placed the leg of a sacrificed animal; flames are burning on the lower. A small cup close to the altar, and from which arise undulating lines, is probably a censor rather than a lamp, or a libation vase. The altar is approched by the worshiper with short hair and simple garment, and his wife who carries a pail with liquid offerings. She has her hair tied in a loop behind, and a fringed shawl covering one shoulder. A club in the field marks the entrance of the sacred place or the character of the goddess. Concave cyl. seal. Green jade like stone, 27 x 16 mm. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 207 - Other Number |
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