Seal

Museum number:
9-5242
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
37 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1173
Description:
Cylinder seal: crystal presentation scene, inscription erased before burial. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 30 x 16 mm. Worn. Starting from left: suppliant goddess behind worshipper holding an animal (goat?) in front of a deity with one foot forward. Remains of encasing which probably contained an inscription. Chalcedony. Old Babylonian]
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Middle East
Culture or time period:
Old Babylonian (ca. 1900–1600 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Kohlberg
Materials:
Chalcedony and Limestone
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Cylinder seals
Accession date:
1955
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 30 millimeters, width 16 millimeters, length 29 millimeters, and width 16 millimeters
Loans:
S1972-1973 #20: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (UC Berkeley)/Margaret Perkins (November 6, 1972–November 7, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-5242, described as Cylinder seal: crystal presentation scene, inscription erased before burial. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 30 x 16 mm. Worn. Starting from left: suppliant goddess behind worshipper holding an animal (goat?) in front of a deity with one foot forward. Remains of encasing which probably contained an inscription. Chalcedony. Old Babylonian]Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-5242, described as Cylinder seal: crystal presentation scene, inscription erased before burial. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 30 x 16 mm. Worn. Starting from left: suppliant goddess behind worshipper holding an animal (goat?) in front of a deity with one foot forward. Remains of encasing which probably contained an inscription. Chalcedony. Old Babylonian]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-5242, described as Cylinder seal: crystal presentation scene, inscription erased before burial. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 30 x 16 mm. Worn. Starting from left: suppliant goddess behind worshipper holding an animal (goat?) in front of a deity with one foot forward. Remains of encasing which probably contained an inscription. Chalcedony. Old Babylonian]

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