Cylinder Seal

B5060

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B5060
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience Iraq
Period Babylonian
Section Near Eastern
Materials Red Jasper
Description

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, red jasper

PBS XIV: The two divine attendants adore with both hands up on either side of the inscription. They have a mitre with four pairs of horns and a long fillet hanging down their backs.

“Sag-Shamash//son of…//anointer of Marduk(?)” Concave cyl. seal. Red jasper, 32 ½ x 16 ½ mm

Length 3.3 cm
Outside Diameter 1.7 cm
Credit Line Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1890
Other Number PBS XIV: 537 - Other Number | L.961.12.8 - Old Loan Number | P261252 - CDLI Number

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