Stamp Seal

31-43-60

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-43-60
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Babylonian
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Worshipper | Altar | Emblems | Deity | Star | Crescent | Lightning
Description

Row one: Babylonian worshipper before altar, emblems of Nabu, Marduk. Row 2: star and crescent. Row 3: Adad lightning. Row 4: ........

UE X: the four sides of this seal show the following designs: (a) the lightning fork of Adad planted on a square base. (b) a worshipper before the emblems of Marduk and Nabu on a low base. (c) a pointed jar (?) before a stepped altar, with a crescent and star above. (d) a wingless dragon and the emblems of Nabu and Marduk, the crescent, the sundisk, &c. Hard clay cubic seal. no field number

Length 2.1 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931
Other Number UE X: 653 - Other Number

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