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Object Number:31-17-19
Current Location: Middle East Galleries
Currently On Display
Provenience: Iraq
Ur
Archaeology Area: PG Larsa rubbish
Locus: PG Larsa rubbish
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Lapis Lazuli
Iconography:Seated Goddess
Length: 1.8 cm
Width: 0.9 cm
Credit Line:British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931
Other Number:U.15043 - Field No SF
UE X: 348 - Other Number
B19425 - Old Museum Number
P270347 - CDLI Number

Description

CBS Register: seal cylinder. lapis. presentation to seated goddess. "d'Nin-gal usm-nin he-du dumn Lu-dingirra, dubsar."

UE X: female worshipper introduced to a seated goddess. Sun-disk, crescent. Throne and footstool rest on a podium. Seal of Nin-gal-nam-nin-he-du dumu Lu-dingir-ra, dub-sar, scribe. Lapis-lazuli cylinder.

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