Cylinder Seal

B5018

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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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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