Cylinder Seal

B14464

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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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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