Object Number | B7307 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq |
Period | Neo-Babylonian |
Date Made | ca. 625 BCE |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Chalcedony |
Iconography | Seated Goddess? | Flute | Serpent? |
Description | white. seated figure (goddess?) with double flutes, serpent? (note on box: Neo-Babylonian) Sommerville 1449 (1889): Quartz Pebble. Assyrian Seal. A seated figure holding a disk in the hands. Crescent above, PBS XIV: A seated figure with the three pointed Persian crown plays on a four stringed harp with a triangular frame. She has a fringed, braided robe, her long hair hanging on her shoulders, a low seat. Perhaps a serpent on her knees (?). Cone seal. White chalcedony, 19 x 13 x 22 mm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | PBS XIV: 626 - Other Number | 1449 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1449 - Old Museum Number | CBS7307 - Other Number | P262329 - CDLI Number |
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