Cylinder Seal
| Object Number: | B16306 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Iraq Ur |
| Date Made: | c 1900 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1900 |
| Late Date: | -1900 |
| Section: | Near Eastern |
| Materials: | Stone Hematite |
| Length: | 2.3 cm |
| Width: | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line: | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1926 |
| Other Number: | U.6255 - Field No SF UE X: 475 - Other Number |
Description
CBS Register: cylinder seal. hematite. Samash. Martu, 3 worshippers and small fig. c. 1900 BC 24 x 13 mm
UE X: a worshipper brings a kid as an offering to his god represented as an active hero of the Samas type but holding a short weapon horizontally. Like him he wears a horned mitre, beard, chignon, a pleated shawl hanging from the waist and open in front to let pass his bare leg, which rests on a bull recumbent. This is a mythical animal with beard and horned mitre, the "bull of heaven." The worshipper in turban and fringed shawl is followed by a number of Amorite figures. First, Martu with turban, splayed beard, short fringed shawl, and club in hand. Next, two little nude men wearing only a belt. One of them is apparently double-faced. Then two more Amorites, worshippers, or servants. The first wears a turban and a long fringed robe and keeps his hands clasped. The second, in short tunic and shawl, is like Martu but without the club. Haematite cylinder.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Tokens to Tablets: Glimpses into 6000 Years of the History of the Ancient Near East (14 Nov 1987 - Aug 2006) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Article] Legrain, Leon. 1929. "Gem Cutters in Ancient Ur". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 20. no. 3-4. pg. 258-306 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 302, pl. XL, no. 115 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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