Cylinder Seal

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a standing bearded god, armed with the scimitar - Marduk(?). He has a turban - or round mitre with a pair of horns, his hair hanging in heavy mass, a necklace with a pendant, a long robe with sleeves and opening in front. A worshiper adores with one hand up. He is dressed like the god, but without his weapon. He has the turban, his hair tied like the god, but without his weapon. He has the turban, his hair tied behind, a beard, a necklace with a pendant, a long robe.

An unusual inscription states that the seal was a deposit in Nippur. “This//stone seal//is a deposit//in Nippur.”

Cyl. seal. Red jasper, 24 x 14 mm. MS Coll.

Matthews: Inscription in four vertical lines with topline; man in martial attitude and curved sword faces man with arms 11, groundline beneath. Legrain's transliteration of the last line "ni-pu-ur" should, as E. Leichty confirmed for me, be rejected in favor of "li-bu-ur." Inscription: "May he equipped/with this seal/be/confirmed."