| Object Number | B14445 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Period | Persian |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Agate |
| Description | Sommerville #505 (1889): Pale sard. Intaglio Seal. Two figures, male and female, with two blades between them resembling the arms of a windmill. With Plaster Impression. PBS XIV: The worshiping or presenting of an eight shaped shield, a Syro-Hittite emblem. Two figures hold it up with both hands. One is a nude man with short hair and pointed beard, the other a kneeling (?) woman. She has a fillet about her hair with a loose streamer, a plaited robe girded about. The shield has a well-marked handle and a narrowing toward the middle but is designed with straight lines and sharp angles instead of the usual curves. Ring shaped seal with two silphium or saffron flowers engraved on the back. Chalcedony, 24 x 19 mm. MS Coll. |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 799 - Other Number | 505 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-505 - Old Museum Number | P269411 - CDLI Number |
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