Seal

Museum number:
9-1923
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.649
Description:
Suppliant goddess behind god with mace facing standing diety. In field, cross-shaped star and mongoose (?). Behind suppliant goddess remains of inscription now essentially erased. Condition: Chip on upper edge. cf. Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, p.772, 908.
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Mesopotamia
Verbatim coll. place:
Mesopotamia attr
Culture or time period:
Old Babylonian (ca. 1900–1600 BC)
Collector:
Henry Ludwig Frederick Lutz
Collection date:
before 1930
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Cylinder seals
Accession date:
1930
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
diameter 12 millimeters and length 26 millimeters
Loans:
S1981-1982 #20: Near Eastern Studies Department, UC Berkeley (October 16, 1981–October 16, 1981)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-1923, described as Suppliant goddess behind god with mace facing standing diety. In field, cross-shaped star and mongoose (?). Behind suppliant goddess remains of inscription now essentially erased. Condition: Chip on upper edge. cf. Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, p.772, 908.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-1923, described as Suppliant goddess behind god with mace facing standing diety. In field, cross-shaped star and mongoose (?). Behind suppliant goddess remains of inscription now essentially erased. Condition: Chip on upper edge. cf. Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, p.772, 908.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-1923, described as Suppliant goddess behind god with mace facing standing diety. In field, cross-shaped star and mongoose (?). Behind suppliant goddess remains of inscription now essentially erased. Condition: Chip on upper edge. cf. Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, p.772, 908.

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