Cylinder Seal

worship of a seated figure in field; reversed figure. cameo and intaglio. modern wire holder.

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated bearded god holding a small cup below the crescent. He has a turban, a fringed shawl, a seat covered with flounced material, a footstool, resting on a brick dais. In front of him there are three dots or stars and a small head, and behind a nude Gilgamesh stepping on the head of a reversed lion which he holds by leg and tail. A shaven and shorn worshiper in fringed shawl stands in front of the god with clasped hands. The usual divine attendant in the rear adores with two hands up. She has the horned mitre, hair tied in a loop, flounced robe.

In the field there is a reversed figure of Martu. He has a turban, a short tunic reaching to the knees. One bare arm hangs down, the other half folded presses his club to his breast. There is a squat monkey below.

Cyl. seal. Hematite, 22 x 11 ½ mm. MS Coll.