Stamp Seal

B3794

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B3794
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Chalcedony | Copper
Description

CBS Register: cone shaped seal in chalcedony, fragment of copper handle in hole. Place of discovery not reported to HVH

PBS XIV: A winged disk of the sun over a tree of life. The curved line above the disk is probably an imitation of the head and antennae of the flying beetle. Cone seal with convex face. Blue chalcedony, 17 x 14 mm. The copper wire of the mounting is still inside. Nippur, 1891.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890
Other Number PBS XIV: 712 - Other Number

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