Cylinder Seal

B5032

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B5032
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Babylonian
Section Near Eastern
Materials Serpentine
Description

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, serpentine

PBS XIV: Two nude hunters with head in profile, short hair, a beard, a belt, and one of them a loin cloth, lift two lions by legs and tails while stepping on their heads. On the reverse are engraved two emblems, a club or weapon with a curved blade ending in a lion’s head, and a seated dog with a crooked stick on his head.

Between the two groups a new emblem, the so-called libra, is perhaps a measuring rod, a model or standard. Cyl. seal. Green jade like stone, 23 ½ x 13 ½ mm

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1890
Other Number PBS XIV: 241 - Other Number | P261224 - CDLI Number

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