Cylinder Seal

B1036

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B1036
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Section Near Eastern
Materials Hematite
Description

CBS Register: seal cylinder, hematite

PBS XIV: The worshiping of Shamash notched sword in hand, his bare leg lifted on a low stool. He has a horned mitre, a plaited shawl girded about and opening in front. There are a crescent above, and a sun disk with a cross inside. The usual divine attendant leads by the hand a worshiper in turban and fringed shawl. The symbolic animal behind is a lion - or a dog(?). Samas. Aa. Cyl. seal, Hematite, 23 x 12 1/2 mm

Credit Line Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889
Other Number PBS XIV: 404 - Other Number

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