| Object Number | B8925 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Period | Babylonian |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Limestone |
| Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, limestone PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess with hand extended below the crescent. She has a horned mitre, her hair tied in a loop behind and a flounced robe. Her seat is a bird with a long neck like a swan or a goose – a heron(?) A line seems to connect the animal’s bill with a small fish below. The ideogram writing the name of the goddess Nina is a fish in a pail with flat bottom and tapering conical sides. Such a pail was carried by a string attached to the small ears near the top. A divine attendant leads the worshiper by the hand. She has a horned mitre, her hair tied in a loop behind and a plaited robe clasped over one shoulder. The worshiper is bareheaded and has a fringed shawl. Both lift their free hand in sign of adoration. Cyl. seal. Grey marble, 22 x 11 ½ mm. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 215 - Other Number | P263742 - CDLI Number |
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