Cylinder Seal

CBS Register: Babylonian seal cylinder, mottled jasper (containing hematite) piece broken off

PBS XIV: The worshiping of a bearded seated god holding a small vase. HE has a low turban, his hair curling on his shoulders, a fringed embroidered robe, a seat with cross bars and a cushion. There is a bee or fly above. A worshiper dressed like him – except perhaps a fillet instead of a turban – has one hand extended in sign of prayer, while pressing to his breast with the other a club or scepter emblem of rank and dignity. His name is written in front of him.

“Iznia-ashu”

On the register above two birds of prey feed on the carcass of a reversed ibex. The main inscription has a prayer with marked alliteration:

“Nin-eanna,//thou has created, thou hast called,//grant now favor,//to they worshiping servant.”

Convex cyl. seal, with a piece broken off. Red jasper, 36 x 16 mm

Matthews: Seal, red jasper (with haematite inclusions?). Inscription in four vertical lines, a fifth line is between the figures. Person, perhaps female, extends a hand towards a seated man holding a cup. Carrion birds perch on the inverted body of a horned animal on a groundline in the upper field above a fly. Scratchy and worn. Inscription: "Nin-eanna,/you created, you called./Pity and love/the servant who reverences you." The last line apparently gives the owner's name.