cylinder seal

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Object Type
Museum number: 132531
Description: Hematite cylinder seal; a god in a flounced robe, with his hair in a fish-tail, with hands clasped, faces the god with extended arm who wears a flounced robe; the king with a mace faces the suppliant goddess before whom are a hedgehog above a goat which sits up on its haunches and looks back over its shoulder towards the left; three-line inscription interspersed; chipped.
Cultures/periods
Production place: Made in: Asia
Materials
Dimensions: Diameter: 1.20 centimetres; Diameter: 0.4375 inches; Length: 2.50 centimetres; Length: 1 inches
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Condition: Fair; chipped.
Subjects: mammal; deity; king/queen; arms/armour
Associated names: Named in inscription: Warad-Sin; Named in inscription: Nergal
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1959
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 132531
Registration number: 1959,0411.2

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