Cylinder Seal
B7327
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B7327 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Period | Modern (uncertain) |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Hematite |
| Iconography | God | Goddess | Dragon |
| Description | CBS Register: seal of composite symbolism. Owner in prayer before his god. A nude goddess. Winged dragons. Authentic? PBS XIV: The worshiping of a Sun god stepping forth, club or scepter in hand. He has a conical horned mitre, long beard and hair, a plaited shawl girded about and open in front to let pass his bare leg. A worshiper with turban, heavy hair and fringed shawl, adores with one hand up. ON the reverse the Hittite war god Teshub-Adad, wielding a club, seizes by the leg a winged griffin with a bird head. He has a conical cap, a necklace with a pendant (?) and a short braided loin cloth. The goat head between is perhaps an emblem of Tarhu or Haldis. The nude goddess Ishhara with head in profile and hands to her breasts, stands in front of Teshub, on the back of a lion attacking a crouched ibex, a vivid symbol for a goddess of love, war and hunting. There are moreover two border lines. Cyl. seal. Hematite, 22 x 9 mm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 500 - Other Number | 497 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-497 - Old Museum Number | P262349 - CDLI Number |
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