Seal (Object)

Bead

CBS Register: Half of a large stone seal cylinder. cf. Vol. V, plate xcviii.

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a seated bearded god with hand probably extended in sign of welcome. He has his hair tied in a loop behind, a rich flounced robe, a cubic seat with a low back. A half of the seal is broken and lost. Only a worshiper is preserved with hands lifted in sign of adoration. He has a plaited robe, and his hair tied in a loop behind. The votive inscription shows that the seal was offered in the temple for the life of Bur-Ninni and his son’s wife.

“To Durmahu his king//Bur-ninni libator of Enlil//son of Saglil, for his life//for the life of his son’s wife//has devoted it”

Durmahu is probably the nickname of a greater god. It means the king, the great tie, Dur or Ku, a name of the Moon god, the great lord in heaven and earth, is perhaps applied to Enlil the great lord of Nippur. Half part of a concave cyl. seal. Hard limestone, 52 x 42 mm. Nippur