Cylinder Seal

B16789

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B16789
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area TTE, grave 35
Section Near Eastern
Materials Stone
Description

CBS Register: cylinder seal stone like serpent skin or petrified root. two worshipers and altar. with sketch of altar.

UE X: worshipper facing a standing god. Behind them a nude Amorite with clasped hands, and two crossed ibexes rampant fill the back-ground. Fossilized coral cylinder.

Length 2.5 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1927
Other Number U.7990 - Field No SF | UE X: 487 - Other Number | P270171 - CDLI Number

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