Cylinder Seal

B14512

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B14512
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Ur I
Section Near Eastern
Materials Onyx
Description

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a god with horned mitre, and stepping like Shamash, by a divine assistant adoring with one hand up. She has a horned mitre, her hair tied in a loop, and a flounced robe. In the rear a rampant lion is attacked by a nude Gilgamesh with head in profile.

Cyl. seal. Yellow marble, 18 x 9 ½ mm. MS Coll.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number PBS XIV: 155 - Other Number | P269478 - CDLI Number

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