Cylinder Seal

B16893

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B16893
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area from wagon rubbish from N. corner of Temenos
Section Near Eastern
Materials Diorite
Description

CBS Register: cylinder seal. dirotie. concave. worshipping seated figure.

UE X: introduction to a seated goddess. In her extended hand she seems to hold a jar or bottle out of which streams are escaping and falling in a tub at her feet. Her throne is of the gate-like type. Concave steatite cylinder.

Length 2.5 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1927
Other Number U.7680 - Field No SF | UE X: 372 - Other Number

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