Cylinder Seal

B8978

From: Iraq | Tello

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B8978
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Tello
Period Old Babylonian Period
Date Made 1900-1600 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Limestone
Inscription Language Sumerian Language
Description

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, limestone

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a standing goddess, hand extended below the crescent. She has a horned mitre and a flounced robe. In front of her there is a scorpion, symbol of Ishhara. A worshiper in turban and fringed shawl adores with one hand up.

“Ibi-sin//son of king Zabum”

Cyl. seal. Reddish limestone, 20 x 16 mm. Shatra, 1891.

See CDLI for transliteration info.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition II, 1890
Other Number PBS XIV: 327 - Other Number | P263795 - CDLI Number

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