Stamp Seal
| Object Number: | B14537 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Iraq |
| Period: | Jemdet Nasr |
| Section: | Near Eastern |
| Materials: | Marble (Stone) |
| Iconography: | Dogs Lion |
| Length: | 5.1 cm |
| Width: | 4.5 cm |
| Thickness: | 1.7 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number: | PBS XIV: 1C - Other Number P269503 - CDLI Number |
Description
PBS XIV: three crouched or standing lions - or dogs (?) Rough work partly cut with the burr. The reverse has a profile lion's head in relief. Flat seal with convex back. Pink marble, 50 x 43 mm. MS. Coll.
CBS Register: flat seal. back has a relief head of a lion, Pink marble. Archaic, before 3000 BC. Elamite style, animals.
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:
| [Book] Legrain, Leon. 1925. The Culture of the Babylonians.. The University Museum, Publications of the Babylonian Section. Vol. XIV. Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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