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cylinder seal
Object Type
cylinder seal
Museum number
89373
Description
Brown-streaked goethite cylinder seal; the king with a mace faces the suppliant goddess; between them are a star-disc and crescent above a monkey. In the space previously occupied by an inscription, now totally erased, are two small kilted figures, one above the other, facing right with one hand raised (there is insufficient space for the lower one but in the case part of his body is missing due to a chip); a nude goddess; chipped; probably ground down and recut.
Cultures/periods
Old Babylonian
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Sippar
(?)
Materials
goethite
Technique
cut
Dimensions
Diameter:
1.20 centimetres
(max?)
Diameter:
1.10 centimetres
(min?)
Diameter:
0.4375 inches
Length:
2.50 centimetres
Length:
1 inches
Bibliographic references
Collon 1986a / Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum: Cylinder Seals III: Isin-Larsa and Old Babylonian Periods
(286)
Leichty E et al 1988a / Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum, volume VIII: Tablets from Sippar 3
(p.300)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Fair; chipped.
Subjects
mammal
sun/moon
deity
king/queen
arms/armour
planet/constellation
Acquisition name
From:
Sir Ernest A T Wallis Budge
Acquisition date
1891
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
89373
Registration number
1891,0509.2567