Cylinder Seal

B8983

From: Iraq | Tello

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B8983
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Tello
Period Babylonian Period
Section Near Eastern
Materials Limestone
Description

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, black limestone

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess. She is approached by two female figures, the first leading the second by the hand. All have bird like heads, with long hair, and very archaic filiform limbs. There is a branch in a vase in front of the goddess. Her seat has a plain cubic form with a bar. There is a flat crescent above, with a dot for a star.

Cyl. seal. Black diorite, 20 x 10 mm

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition II, 1890
Other Number PBS XIV: 199 - Other Number | P263800 - CDLI Number

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