Cylinder Seal

B16903

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B16903
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area From the surface soil above the Larsa houses on the EM site (U.7503). from below the pavement of No. 2 Quiet Street (U.7583) | UE X: EM, Quiet Street, house 2, child's grave below Larsa floor
Section Near Eastern
Materials Diorite
Iconography Worshipper | Seated God
Description

CBS Register: cylinder seal. white diorite. broken. worshipping a seated god. U.7583

UE VII: (U.7503) Cylinder seal, white calcite.Two gods accosting each other. Inscribed: "Me-dNin-subur, sister of A-ba-ha-ma-ti".

UE VII: (U.7583) Cylinder seal, white marble.

UE X: (U.7583) "standard" scene: the seated god, the worshipper with clasped hands, the assistant, and a nude Amorite servant (?). And the crescent, sun-disk, the ampulla, and libra emblems. Broken white steatite cylinder.

U.7583 is correct; U.7503 is incorrect.

Length 3 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1927
Other Number U.7583 - Field No SF | UE X: 391 - Other Number

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