Cylinder Seal

B8971

From: Iraq | Tello

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B8971
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Tello
Period Babylonian Period
Section Near Eastern
Materials Quartz
Description

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, quartz (rock crystal)

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess with one hand extended below the crescent. There is a small altar table in front resting on three curved feet. The goddess has her hair tied in a loop behind, a flounced shawl leaving the arms bare, a cubic seat with a low back. A divine attendant leads a worshiper by the hand. Both wear a fringed shawl and their hair tied in a loop behind. Concave cyl. seal. Quartz, 31 x 18 ½. The copper mounting, turned into green oxyd, still exists inside. Shatra, 1891.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition II, 1890
Other Number PBS XIV: 206 - Other Number | P263788 - CDLI Number

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