| Object Number | B5034 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Period | Babylonian |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Chalcedony |
| Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, chalcedony PBS XIV: The tree of life below the winged disk. It looks like a palm tree with knotted stem, spreading boughs and branches of fruits. The sun disk has wings and tail, front piece and horns, half beetle, half eagle. Two bearded worshipers approach with both hands extended. They have the usual fillet mass of hair and long robe. The emblems are a rhomb, a six pointed star, a kneeling gazelle and two border lines. Convex cyl. seal. Chalcedony, 23 ½ x 12 mm. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1890 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 592 - Other Number | P261226 - CDLI Number |
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