Cylinder Seal

B14427

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B14427
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Sargonic
Section Near Eastern
Materials Serpentine
Description

CBS Register: Seal cylinder. Diorite. Serpentine. Sargonic.

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess holding a scepter. She has a horned mitre, her hair tied in a loop behind, a flounced robe, a cubic seat. Behind her stands the large club or caduceus of Ishtar (?). A divine attendant leads by the hand the worshiper. She has a horned mitre, her hair tied in a loop, a plaited shawl clasped over one shoulder, while the worshiper has a bare head and a fringed shawl. Concave cyl. seal. Soapstone, 29 ½ x 14 mm. MS Coll.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number PBS XIV: 220 - Other Number | 1698 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1698 - Old Museum Number | P269393 - CDLI Number

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