Cylinder Seal
B1792
From: Iraq | Nippur (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | B1792 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Nippur (uncertain) |
Period | Babylonian |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Hematite |
Iconography | God | Consort | Worshipper | Goat | Servant |
Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, Hematite. God erect, one foot lifted, worshipper with goat, divine consort, servant, small figure symbols PBS XIV: The worshiping of Shamash. He has a necklace. His hair is tied in a swallow tail behind. His leg rests on a three stage pyramid. A bearded worshiper in turban and fringed shawl brings a kid. The usual divine attendant adores with both hands up. A small bandy legged man has his hands clasped. A bareheaded servant with short embroidered loin cloth carries the pail and libation vase. He stands on a two tiered brick base or ziggurat, and probably represents the priest performing the rites. Concave cyl. seal. Hematite, 26 x 14 1/2 mm |
Credit Line | Gift of Hermann V. Hilprecht, Babylonian Expedition I, 1889 |
Other Number | PBS XIV: 419 - Other Number |
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