Object Number | B14523 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq |
Period | Neo-Babylonian |
Date Made | ca. 625 BCE |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Chalcedony |
Description | Sommerville #1444 (1889): Pale brownish chalcedony. Assyrian Seal. A priest before an altar on which burns a lamp. Also the crescent of a new moon. PBS XIV: The Babylonian worshiper as above adoring with both hands the emblems of Marduk and Nabu resting on the back of the horned dragon crouched on a base altar, below the crescent. Octagonal cone seal with convex face. Chalcedony, 17 ½ x 13 ½ mm. MS Coll. |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | PBS XIV: 681 - Other Number | 1444 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1444 - Old Museum Number | CBS14523 - Other Number | P269489 - CDLI Number |
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