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
Donor:
Estate of Mary Tuck Holmes
Collection place:
Mesopotamia
Verbatim coll. place:
Assyria
Culture or time period:
Neo-Babylonian (636–539 BC)
Collector:
unknown
Object type:
archaeology
Production date:
800 BC
Accession date:
1948
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 10 millimeters and length 19 millimeters
Loans:
S1972-1973 #20: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (UC Berkeley)/Margaret Perkins (November 6, 1972–November 7, 1972)