Cylinder Seal

B1832

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B1832
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Babylonian
Section Near Eastern
Materials Carnelian
Description

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder in Carnelian chalcedony

PBS XIV: The lance of Marduk held up by two composite monsters. They have the upper body of a man, with the curled hair of Gilgamesh and the lower part of the body of a lion with perhaps a scorpion tail. Concave cyl. seal. Carnelian with white layers, 22 1/2 x 12 1/2 mm

Credit Line Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889
Other Number PBS XIV: 616 - Other Number

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