Object Number | 31-17-120 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Limestone |
Iconography | Shamash | Mountain |
Description | CBS Register: U... cylinder seal. limestone. Shamash with flaming wings seated on mountains. UE X: the god with the flaming wings sits in judgement. His throne is made of tiers of mountains. The prisoner, a nude man with a strange head, is brought before him by his assistants. Samas wears a horned mitre and a flounced robe, his servants only a flounced kilt and a staff of office. Limestone cylinder, no field number. |
Length | 3.5 cm |
Width | 2.1 cm |
Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931 |
Other Number | U. - Field No SF | UE X: 236 - Other Number | B19526 - Old Museum Number |
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