Object Number | B5010 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq |
Period | Babylonian |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Hematite |
Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, menaccanite PBS XIV: The worshiping of Martu by the divine attendant. The emblems between are the crescent, the sun disk with a six pointed star within, a thunder bolt and a goat fish, symbols of Sin, Shamash, Adad, Ea. Two small figures are opposed head to head. One is a kneeling, bearded man with turban (?) – his hands clasped in sign of respect. The other is the horned, wingless dragon of Marduk, with a scorpion tail and crouched on a brick dais. “Sin-nadinshumi//son of Sin-idinnam//servant of Immer.” Concave cyl. seal. Hematite, 28 x 14 mm |
Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1890 |
Other Number | PBS XIV: 372 - Other Number | P261202 - CDLI Number |
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