Cylinder Seal

B8975

From: Iraq | Tello

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B8975
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Tello
Period Babylonian Period
Section Near Eastern
Materials Limestone
Description

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, limestone

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess with hand extended below the crescent. She has a horned mitre, her hair tied in a loop, a flounced robe, a cubic seat resting on a dais. Behind her there are two clubs or posts, one of which is held up by a defaced figure of Eabani (?). The divine attendant, with horned mitre and hair tied in a loop, leads by the hand the bareheaded worshiper. Both wear a fringed shawl, and adore with their free hand up. Concave cyl. seal. Limestone, 27 x 14 mm. Shatra, 1891.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition II, 1890
Other Number PBS XIV: 235 - Other Number | P263792 - CDLI Number

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