| Object Number | B8982 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Tello |
| Period | Babylonian Period |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Serpentine |
| Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, serpentine PBS XIV: The worshiping of the seated Shamash with rays from his shoulders and his notched sword in hand. He has a horned mitre, a beard, his hair tied in a loop behind, a flounced shawl covering one shoulder. His seat is of a plain cubic form with cross bars and a low back. The divine attendant with the same mitre, hair and beard as the god, but only a plaited skirt about the waist , and a small stick in hand, leads by the hand the female worshiper with bare head, long tresses and a plaited shawl covering one shoulder. There are moreover a tree and a rough mountain shape. Concave cyl. seal. Black diorite, 21 x 11 mm. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition II, 1890 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 181 - Other Number | P263799 - CDLI Number |
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