| Object Number | B8182 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Period | Ur III |
| Date Made | 2100-2000 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Technique | Seal Impression |
| Inscription Language | Sumerian Language |
| Description | Disk; Magnificent Seal PBS XIV: heralid and mythological scene. an eagle with outspread wings, seizes with his talons a stag that a serpent seems to bite in the neck. in front are represented the rich antlers of another stag, large open flowers, and a bull standing up in the attitude of Eabani the bullman. Seal impress. on clay bulla. Nippur. CBS Register: fragment of clay disk on which a magnificent seal has been impressed. See CDLI for transliteration info and line art (hand drawing of inscription). |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 40 - Other Number | P120765 - CDLI Number |
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