Stamp Seal

B14529

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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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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