| Object Number | B5005 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Period | Ur III |
| Date Made | 2100-2000 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Limestone |
| Inscription Language | Sumerian Language |
| Description | CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, limestone PBS XIV: The seal of Basha-Enzu of the Fourth Kish Dynasty, about BC 2900. It represents the worshiping of a seated goddess, hand extended below the crescent. She has a horned mitre, her hair tied in a loop behind, a flounced robe, a cubic seat with three legs on one side and resting on a low dais. In front of her there is a small passing bull. A divine attendant with a horned mitre, her hair tied ina loop, a plaited robe or shawl covering one shoulder, leads by the hand the bareheaded worshiper in fringed shawl. The Akkadian inscription reads as follows: “Basha-Enzu//the never failing husbandman of Ur” Concave cyl. seal. Limestone, 29 x 16 mm |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1890 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 237 - Other Number | P227051 - CDLI Number |
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