Object Number | B5018 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq |
Period | Babylonian |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Serpentine |
Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, serpentine PBS XIV: Contests of divine heroes. Shamash, club or sword in hand, lifts one bare leg as rising over mountains. A nude hero with horned mitre and spear in hand attacks his enemy. A second is triumphant while his enemy holds only a broken club. There is a dagger between them. Concave cyl. seal, much worn. Black diorite, 24 x 14 mm |
Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1890 |
Other Number | PBS XIV: 151 - Other Number | P261210 - CDLI Number |
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