cylinder seal

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Object Type: cylinder seal
Museum number: 103012
Description: Hematite cylinder seal with some magnetite; a figure wearing a cap and a kilt with a fringed edge, holding a staff, and a robed king with one hand raised face a warrior god who holds a harpe-sword behind him, whose other arm is bent and who wears a fringed open skirt with rounded ends; before him are a star and a crook. Space left for an inscription. N.B the kilted figure is taller than the other two.
Cultures/periods: Old Babylonian
Materials: hematite; magnetite
Technique: polished (?)
Dimensions: Diameter: 0.95 centimetres; Diameter: 0.375 inches; Length: 2 centimetres; Length: 0.75 inches
Bibliographic references: Collon 1986a / Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum: Cylinder Seals III: Isin-Larsa and Old Babylonian Periods (411)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Fair; chipped.
Subjects: headgear/hairstyle; deity; king/queen; arms/armour; warrior; planet/constellation
Acquisition name: Purchased from: J J Naaman
Acquisition date: 1909
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 103012
Registration number: 1909,0510.7

Free entry