| Object Number | B8973 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Tello |
| Period | Babylonian Period |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Agate |
| Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, agate PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated bearded god holding a small vase. There are a bee or a flying bird above, and an eight pointed sun star (?). The god has a turban, his hair tied behind, a plain robe and a cubic seat. A worshiper with turban – or fillet – his hair hanging on his shoulders, a long robe, stands up, one hand extended, the other pressed to his breast. There is a fish in front. “Marduk the great lord,//listens unto//his worshiper.” Cyl. seal. Agate, 28 x 13 ½ mm. Shatra, 1891. Matthews: Seal, agate. Inscription in three vertical lines. Person in dress of uncertain type, perhaps female, extends an arm towards a seated man holding a cup. In field, fly, rosette and rhomb. Coarse linear engraving with drillings. Inscription: "Marduk, great lord,/look with favor on him/show mercy." |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition II, 1890 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 547 - Other Number | P263790 - CDLI Number |
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