| Object Number | B5098 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Period | Babylonian |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Hematite |
| Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, hematite PBS XIV: The worshiping of a standing god, with hand extended low. He has a horned mitre and a fringed robe. The emblems behind him are the spear of Marduk and the thunderbolt of Adad, and in front a star and a bee or fly. Two worshipers in turban and fringed shawls have, the first, one hand up in sign of adoration, the second both hands clasped. Between them there are an ampulla and a libra. On the reverse a seated, bearded (?) god holds a scepter. He has a horned mitre, his hair tied in a loop, a flounced robe, a seat slightly hollow with a curved back, built like a gate with recesses and resting on a brick dais. There is a club in the field behind. The god is probably Shamash. Cyl. seal. Hematite, 13 x 7 mm |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1890 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 470 - Other Number | P261290 - CDLI Number |
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