Object Number | B14464 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq |
Period | Hittite |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Limestone |
Description | PBS XIV: Two naked standard bearers with legs apart firmly planted on the ground, hold lances with streamers at the top, and a guard toward the middle. Those young servants or soldiers have a bare head, short hair, no beard, a belt, or a short braided loin cloth. Each stands between two signs or hieroglyphs like the ampulla and libra and one carries a palm. The reverse has a crouched antelope, a seated bird and two border lines. Cyl seal. Hematite, 17 x 9 mm. MS Coll. |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | PBS XIV: 506 - Other Number | 1378 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1378 - Old Museum Number | P269430 - CDLI Number |
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