Cylinder Seal

B3793

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B3793
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Section Near Eastern
Materials Alabaster
Description

CBS Register: Seal cylinder in alabaster. Place of discovery not reported to HVH

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated god (?) with one hand up. He has a high mitre, a fringed robe, an X shaped seat. The worshiper dressed in the same manner stands with hands extended right and left. THe reverse has a roughly cut caduceus, two circles and two border lines. Cyl. seal. Green glazed pottery, 24 1/2 x 12 mm. Nippur, 1891.

Matthews: Seal, grey composition. 24.5 x diam. 12. Man facing seated man, tree, two circled dots. Top and bottom lines. Distinctive stylisation.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890
Other Number PBS XIV: 631 - Other Number

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