Cylinder Seal

B8985

From: Iraq | Tello

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B8985
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Tello
Period Babylonian Period
Section Near Eastern
Materials Serpentine
Description

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, serpentine.

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess with hand extended below the crescent. She has a horned mitre, her hair tied in a loop behind, a flounced robe, a cubic seat with cross bars. A divine attendant, dressed like her, but with a plaited robe or shawl covering one shoulder, leads by the hand the bareheaded worshiper in fringed shawl. Both adore with their free hand up. Concave cyl. seal. Serpentine, 19 x 10 ½ mm.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition II, 1890
Other Number PBS XIV: 224 - Other Number | P263802 - CDLI Number

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