Cylinder Seal

B15593

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B15593
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area Diqdiqqeh
Section Near Eastern
Materials Diorite
Iconography Seated Goddess | Duck? | Swan? | Bird
Description

CBS Register: cylinder seal. diorite. Presentation to seated goddess. Line of ducks (swans?) Nin-dingir, dam Lugal-usumgal.

UE X: same motive. The division line resembles a brick terrace. The stool is built like a double recessed gate. Seal of Nin-dingir, wife of Lugal-usum-gal. Grey steatite cylinder.

Length 3.8 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1923
Other Number U.1268 - Field No SF | UE X: 249 - Other Number | P269923 - CDLI Number

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