Object Number | B8972 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Tello |
Period | Babylonian Period |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Agate |
Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, glued together, agate PBS XIV: A seated goddess (?) with horned mitre, a plain long robe and a cubic throne with a low back. There is a crescent above and a votive dedication to Ninni-Ishtar. “To Ninni,//the great daughter of Sin,//to set her heart at rest,//Ibi-Ninshubur. //in order to water the orchard,//a machine pumping good water,//and a reservoir he has provided.” Cyl. seal. Brown and white agate, 35 x 15 mm. Shatra, 1890. |
Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition II, 1890 |
Other Number | PBS XIV: 545 - Other Number | P263789 - CDLI Number |
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