| Object Number | B13137 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Period | Ur III |
| Date Made | 2100-2000 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Hematite |
| Iconography | Human Figure | Symbol | Inscription |
| Inscription Language | Sumerian Language |
| Description | CBS Register: Fragment of a seal cylinder in hematite , 3 lines of inscription, 3 human figures and symbols. c. 2000 BC PBS XIV: The worshiping of a bearded god standing with hand extended below the crescent. He has a turban (?), his hair tied in a swallow tail, a flounced robe. In front there is a lightning fork. A worshiper dressed like him brings a kid as an offering. The usual divine attendant adores with one hand up. There is a turtle in the field. “Nabu,//the lofty scribe,//…of Marduk.” Broken cyl. seal. Hematite, 23 x 12 mm. Bagdad, 1890. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. H. Haynes, 1894 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 486 - Other Number | P268222 - CDLI Number |
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