6687

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Object TypeCylinder Seals

MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum

Season Number04: 1925-1926

TechniqueImpressed

TechniqueInscribed

IconographyGod

IconographyGoddess

IconographyWorshipper

IconographyHorned Headdress

IconographyFlounced Dress

IconographyTufted Dress

IconographyFlounced Skirt

IconographyTufted Skirt

IconographyHead

IconographyBearded

IconographyMale

IconographyHand Raised

IconographyHolding Other

IconographySeated

IconographyStanding

IconographyStool

IconographyRitual

MaterialHematite

U Number6687

Description (Modern)CBS Register: cylinder seal. hematite. "Samas," votary and a minor goddess. 22 x 10 mm c. 2000bc UE X: worshipper standing before the same type of god who holds his weapon horizontally and steps forwards, his bare leg resting on a small base. There is a sun-disk and crescent above. Behind the worshipper the assistant goddess prays with both hands raised. Seal of Arad Sin, arad nin-subur. Haematite cylinder.

Description (Catalog Card)Cylinder seal. Black hematite. Inscribed. Shamash, worshipper and goddess. Servant of Sin and servant of Nin-Shah. E. 1st Babylonian dynasty 2000 BC.Woolley's description

Find Context (Catalog Card)Diqdiqqeh

Material (Catalog Card)HaematiteMaterial as described by Woolley

Museum Number (UPM B-number)B16310

Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 22mm, D. 10mm

Measurement (Height)1.22Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed Objects

Measurement (Width)10Barrett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed Objects

Measurement (X)22

Measurement (Y)10

Measurement (Y)11