Object Number | B3791 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Soapstone |
Description | CBS Register: Seal cylinder in soapstone. Place of discovery not reported to HVH PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated goddess with one hand extended. She has the usual horned mitre, hair tied in a loop, flounced robe, and cubic seat resting on a dais. Her breasts are carefully marked. The divine attendant with the same mitre and hair leads by the hand a bareheaded, beardless worshiper. Both wear the fringed shawl and adore with their free hand up. "Ur-Ninshubur//son of Tiudbushu (?)//boat man." Concave cyl. seal. Serpentine, 31 x 15 1/2 mm. Nippur, 1891. |
Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890 |
Other Number | PBS XIV: 254 - Other Number |
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