Cylinder Seal
B14387
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | B14387 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Carnelian |
Description | CBS Register: Seal cyl. Red (cornaline) carnelian. PBS XIV: The four winged Bel-Marduk holds by the leg two winged sphinxes. He has a round horned (?) mitre, a beard, his hair tied in a mass, an open robe with three zones of fringes. The sphinxes have a human head with round mitre, heavy hair hanging in a mass and no beard, the forelegs of a lion, the hind legs and tail of a bull. There are, moreover, a crescent and rhomb and two border lines. Cyl. seal. The copper wire mounting is still inside. Carnelian, 26 x 12 mm. Nippur, 1894. |
Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900 |
Other Number | PBS XIV: 612 - Other Number | P269355 - CDLI Number |
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