Cylinder Seal

CBS Register: seal cylinder, calcite, probably part of a mollusc shell.

PBS XIV: The worshiping of two seated gods, Shamash and Ishtar. Shamash has rays arising from his shoulders, and his notched sword in hand. Ishtar carries a slender club, and six more are arising from his shoulders. Both are fighting deities, son and daughter of Sin whose shallow crescent is seen above. They have a horned mitre with feathers (?), their hair tied in a loop behind, a flounced shawl covering one shoulder, and plain cubic thrones with cross bars. There is a club behind Shamash. The divine attendant has the same mitre, hair and beard as Shamash, but only a plaited shawl about his middle, leaving arms and chest bare. In the rear a female worshiper brings a pail with liquid offerings. She has a bare head, her hair tied in a loop, and a fringed shawl covering one shoulder.

Concave cyl. seal. Shell, 37 x 23 mm. Bagdad, 1889.