Cylinder Seal

B8981

From: Iraq | Tello

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B8981
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Tello
Period Babylonian Period
Section Near Eastern
Materials Soapstone
Description

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, soapstone

PBS XIV: The seated goddess and the winged gate over the crouched bull. The bull has one leg up as if trying to rise. The goddess has a long robe, a fillet about her head and a cubic throne. She holds the bull by a cord attached to his nose. There is a flat crescent above.

Cyl. Seal. Serpentine, 21 x 9 ½ mm

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition II, 1890
Other Number PBS XIV: 163 - Other Number | P263798 - CDLI Number

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