Cylinder Seal

B8972

From: Iraq | Tello

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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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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