Culture or time period: Neo-Babylonian (636–539 BC) / Accession number: Acc.939 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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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