| Object Number | B1090 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Hematite |
| Description | CBS Register: seal cylinder, hematite PBS XIV: Nergal's triumph over his enemy. The war god with a sheaf of seven clubs in one hand, the other hand wielding the scimitar, steps on the leg of his kneeling enemy, who raises his hand crying for mercy. THe god has a turban, a short shawl girded about and a tight cuirass with cross straps over his shoulders. In the field, two crossed lions attack two seated ibexes, and two lions rush on a seated antelope. A good composition full of energy and symmetry. Concave cyl. seal. Hematite, 20 x 10 mm. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 441 - Other Number |
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