Object Number | B14529 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq |
Period | Neo-Babylonian |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Chalcedony |
Description | Sommerville 1442 (1889): Chalcedony. Assyrian Seal. A priest bearing a flambeau before an altar. Probably one of the ordinary Magi's seals, which generally represent a fire altar. PBS XIV: The Babylonian worshiper as above adoring the emblems of Marduk and Nabu resting on a base altar. Octagonal cone seal with convex face. Chalcedony, 13 ½ x 11 ½ mm. MS Coll. |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | PBS XIV: 678 - Other Number | CBS14529 - Other Number | 1442 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1442 - Old Museum Number | P269495 - CDLI Number |
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