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Hearst Museum object titled Cuneiform cone, accession number 9-2258, described as Votive cone fragment with cuneiform inscription. Sin-Kashid (Sîn-kāšid). DAF - RA 72, 42.
Hearst Museum object titled Cuneiform tablet, accession number 9-2251, described as Cuneiform tablet
Hearst Museum object titled Cuneiform tablet, accession number 9-2254, described as Cuneiform tablet
Hearst Museum object titled Cuneiform tablet, accession number 9-2253a,b, described as Cuneiform tablet and envelope; has fragments
Hearst Museum object titled Cuneiform tablet, accession number 9-2257, described as Cuneiform tablet
Hearst Museum object titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-2261, described as Cylinder seal; green stone [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: and clay (possibly serpentine)] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Ritual scene: supplicant deity facing figure with arms outstretched toward tree. In field: upside down crescent behind deity; cuneiform sign adjacent to tree trunk. Three columns of inscription. Possibly a forgery based on the stylization of the tree and the design of the robes. Inscription is in reverse direction as are some wedges of cuneiform. Neo-Babylonian] Typed remarks: original label: "Green stone Babylonian seal. Two figures before sacred tree. Name of the scribe. Found in Assyria. 800 BC
Hearst Museum object titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-2259, described as Cylinder seal; black stone. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Obsidian. Two supplicant goddesses flanking an inscription. Kneeling figure beneath bow legged dwarf in field. Inscription: UM-MI!?? - LUM!?? PN....... dumu da-a-BI-LUH son of PN........ ir gir.nergal! servant of PN........] [Handwritten on card: References - cf. Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, # 921 (OB), #917 (OB), for dwarf # 927 (I-L) ] Typed remarks: original label: "Babylonian stone seal found in Lower Mesopotamia. Period of the Ur Dynasty 2400-2100 BC. Represents the Goddess Ishtar bestowing a blessing. Name of owner stating he is a scribe.
Hearst Museum object titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-2260, described as Cylinder seal; black stone. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Chert. Starting at left: Lion scimitar; figure with pail in left hand, holding sprinkler (?) in right hand stands behind diety with mace. The latter faces a figure with lion scimitar. Below scimitar is a mongoose, crescent in field above. Old Babylonian period] Typed remarks: original label: "Found in Southern Babylonia. A black stone seal cylinder engraved with a figure of a god, two priests and several animals. It dates from early Babylonian times, 2400 BC or earlier

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