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cylinder seal
Object Type
cylinder seal
Museum number
129509
Description
Hematite cylinder seal; a robed king with one raised faces the ascending sun god who rests his foot on a chequered mountain; the king with a mace faces the suppliant goddess. In the field are a figure in royal posture on a dais; a fly; a pot above a ball-and-staff; a star-disc and crescent, a lion-demon in smiting posture, facing right and holding two weapons, a drill-hole rosette; some later recutting involving the use of the drill; chipped.
Cultures/periods
Old Babylonian
Production place
Made in:
Asia
Materials
hematite
Technique
drilled
Dimensions
Diameter:
1.50 centimetres
Diameter:
0.5625 inches
Length:
2.85 centimetres
Length:
1.125 inches
Bibliographic references
Collon 1986a / Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum: Cylinder Seals III: Isin-Larsa and Old Babylonian Periods
(550)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Fair; chipped.
Subjects
insect
mammal
sun/moon
devil/demon
deity
king/queen
arms/armour
landscape
vessel
flower
planet/constellation
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Charles Alexander Carnegie, 11th Earl of Southesk
Funder name
With contribution from:
Art Fund
(as NACF)
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
W Lincoln
Acquisition date
1945
Acquisition notes
Acquired by Southesk from Lincoln in 1878.
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
129509
Registration number
1945,1013.53
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
QB 16 (9)
(Southesk Collection Number)