Cylinder Seal

B1030

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B1030
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Section Near Eastern
Materials Serpentine
Description

CBS Register: seal cylinder, red serpentine (Marmolite)

PBS XIV: Two seated figures drink through a pipe, from a large vase placed on a square stand between them. They have, perhaps, a beard, their long hair bound by a fillet, a fringed shawl covering one shoulder, and X-shaped seats. A servant stands behind them with clasped hands, and a fringed shawl or Sumerian skirt about his body. There are a star and a crescent above. Cyl.. seal. Red marble, 28 1/2 x 16 mm.

Credit Line Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889
Other Number PBS XIV: 196 - Other Number

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