Object Number | B8919 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
Period | Babylonian |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Alabaster |
Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, alabaster PBS XIV: Four heads in four compartments below four stars with six points linked in a geometrical design. The heads have round mitres with a fillet or horns, a beard, and their hair hanging in a tail. They perhaps represent vanquished Hittite enemies. There are two border lines. Cyl. seal. Green glazed pottery, 28 x 12 ½ mm. Matthews: Seal, grey composition. 28 x diam. 12.5. Four human heads in panels, "grill-pattern" above. |
Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890 |
Other Number | PBS XIV: 633 - Other Number | P263736 - CDLI Number |
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