Cylinder Seal
B1032
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B1032 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Hematite |
| Description | CBS Register: seal cylinder, hematite PBS XIV: The worshiping of Shamash (?) stepping forth as above but the scepter and ring in hand. The worshiper in turban and fringed shawl adores with one hand up. The divine attendant does the same with both hands. Two small figures behind worship with one hand up, the man in a short tunic or loin cloth and the woman in a long robe. They are perhaps servants. The emblems in the field are the crescent, the squat monkey, the ampulla, and libra. Concave cyl. seal. Hematite, 23 1/2 x 11 mm. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 429 - Other Number |
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