Cylinder Seal
B1111
From: Iraq | Babylon
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B1111 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Babylon |
| Period | Old Babylonian Period |
| Date Made | 1900-1600 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Soapstone |
| Inscription Language | Akkadian Language |
| Description | CBS Register: seal cylinder, soapstone PBS XIV: The worshiping of a god like Adad, stepping forth thunder fork in hand, his bare leg lifted over a small spouting vase. He wears a horned mitre, his hair tied in a short tail behind, a flounced shawl girded about and opening in front to let pass his bare leg. Two worshiper in turbans and fringed shawls stand up, the first lifting one hand in sign of adoration, the second keeping both hands clasped. Dagania//servant of Sumuabum. Concave cyl. seal. Serpentine, 20 1/2 x 11 mm. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 326 - Other Number | P454849 - CDLI Number |
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