Cylinder Seal
B16310
From: Iraq | Ur | Diqdiqqeh
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B16310 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur | Diqdiqqeh |
| Date Made | ca. 2000 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Hematite |
| Iconography | Samas | Votary | Goddess |
| Description | CBS Register: cylinder seal. hematite. "Samas," votary and a minor goddess. 22 x 10 mm c. 2000bc UE X: worshipper standing before the same type of god who holds his weapon horizontally and steps forwards, his bare leg resting on a small base. There is a sun-disk and crescent above. Behind the worshipper the assistant goddess prays with both hands raised. Seal of Arad Sin, arad nin-subur. Haematite cylinder. |
| Length | 2.1 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1926 |
| Other Number | U.6687 - Field No SF | UE X: 476 - Other Number | P270086 - CDLI Number |
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