Cylinder Seal

B5129

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B5129
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Achaemenid Period
Date Made 6-4th centuries BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Carnelian
Description

CBS Register: seal cylinder in sardonyx

PBS XIV: A Persian hero holds by the horn two rampant ibexes. His lower garment is braided or flounced, closed and dawn up in front as if to represent trousers. He has a short embroidered tunic with a smooth front and laps or fringes on the sides just above the belt, a short pointed or curled beard, a mass of hair undulating over the neck and a Persian crown or low turban with a flat top.

The ibexes have rugged curved horns, a tuft of beard and a knotty massive body very well observed. Convex cyl. seal. Carnelian, 28 ½ x 12 mm

Length 2.8 cm
Outside Diameter 1.2 cm
Credit Line Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1891
Other Number PBS XIV: 660 - Other Number | P261321 - CDLI Number

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