Cylinder seal

Museum number:
9-2259
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.939
Description:
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.
Donor:
Estate of Mary Tuck Holmes
Collection place:
Middle East
Verbatim coll. place:
Babylonia
Culture or time period:
Old Babylonian (ca. 1900–1600 BC)
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Obsidian
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1948
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 16 millimeters and length 30 millimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #64: School of Public Health (UC Berkeley) (March 3, 1965–April 20, 1965) and S1972-1973 #20: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (UC Berkeley)/Margaret Perkins (November 6, 1972–November 7, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 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 2 of 8 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 3 of 8 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 4 of 8 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 5 of 8 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 6 of 8 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 7 of 8 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 8 of 8 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.

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