Object Number | B14481 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq |
Period | Sargonic |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Serpentine |
Description | PBS XIV: The birdman is brought in judgment before the seated god Ea surrounded by streams and fishes. The streams escape from a slender vase which the god holds in his extended left. He has a horned mitre, a flounced robe covering his right shoulder, and his hair tied in a loop behind. He is seated on a plain cubic throne. The birdman has his hands bound and is led by a bifrons armed with a club (?). This divine attendant has a horned mitre and a plaited skirt down to the feet. In the field there are a lizard, a club and a tree, suggesting vegetation protected against all enemies. Concave cyl. seal. Serpentine, 31 ½ x 19 mm. MS Coll. |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | PBS XIV: 178 - Other Number | P269447 - CDLI Number |
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