Cylinder Seal

B14304

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B14304
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Archaeology Area found in valley Shatt el-Nil-Shukhur, 3 ft. deep
Period Sargonic
Section Near Eastern
Materials Quartz
Description

CBS Register: seal cylinder. white crystal. broken. Sargon. period.

PBS XIV: Two rampant lions seize by their hind legs two reversed bulls.

“Nin-ku-ku”

This is a rare and perhaps divine name, written without the divine prefix, the star. The people of Bit-Gaggar, the city of the storm god Immer-Ramman, worshiped a goddess Ninpesh also named Kuku, Ninpesh-parzilli, Ninpesh-seri, the mistress of the beasts of the plain. Cyl. seal with many pieces broken off. Quartz, 31 x 19 mm. Nippur, from the Shatt-el-Nil, 1894.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896
Other Number PBS XIV: 144 - Other Number | P269272 - CDLI Number

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