Cylinder Seal

B19861

From: Iraq | Fara

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B19861
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Fara
Period Pre-Sargonic
Section Near Eastern
Materials Stone
Iconography Crescent | Star
Description

small, polished. crescent and star in a primitive fashion.

PBS XIV: Ibex head and curved horns between a sharp point and a star. Two reversed crescents. This is a hunter's good luck amulet. Cylinder seal. Serpentine, 19 1/2 x 8 mm. Fara, 1900.

CBS Register: small polished seal cylinder (crescent and star in a primitive fashion) obtained through my agent at Fara and delivered at Nippur 22, III, 1900. [thats a roman numerial 3]

Credit Line Gift of Hermann V. Hilprecht, 1900
Other Number PBS XIV: 29 - Other Number | P270412 - CDLI Number

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