| Object Number | B1020 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Period | Modern |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Agate |
| Description | CBS Register: seal cylinder, agate, forgery. Modern PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess with a scepter (?) in a hand and a three pointed Persian crown on her head. She has her hair tied in a loop, a robe with zones of fringes and a cubic seat with a low back and the front panel covered with cross lines representing a massive structure or woven material.The usual diving attendant with horned mitre, hair tied in a loop and flounced robe carries with both hands a libation vase or ampulla. The reverse had an ithyphallic Eabani. Part of his horned head, tresses, tail and phallus are still visible. The figure has been recut and replaced by a deity or worshiper in long robe adorning with one hand up. A nude bare headed beardless figure with a tight belt and a phallus carefully designed lifts one hand in sign of adoration. Convex cyl. seal. Agate with white layers, 25 1/2 x 8 1/2 mm. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 625 - Other Number |
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