Seal

Museum number:
9-5246
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090005246
Alternate number:
42 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1173
Description:
Cylinder seal: small black stone, inscribed, two figures with tree between. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 1.9 x 0.7 mm. Worn surface. Confronted supplicant deities flank potted tree (?). Inscription: DI.NA.NA PN...... dam [da? - x] .......... Serpentine, greenish black. Ur III (per Professor Richard Zettler, University of Chicago). References: von der Osten, Hans Henning. 1934. Ancient oriental seals in the collection of Mr. Edward T. Newell. Chicago, Ill: The University of Chicago press., #160 - dates seal archaic or Sumerian]
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Middle East
Culture or time period:
Old Babylonian (ca. 1900–1600 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Kohlberg
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Cylinder seals
Accession date:
1955
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 1.9 millimeters and width 0.7 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-5246, described as Cylinder seal: small black stone, inscribed, two figures with tree between. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 1.9 x 0.7 mm. Worn surface. Confronted supplicant deities flank potted tree (?). Inscription: DI.NA.NA PN...... dam [da? - x] .......... Serpentine, greenish black. Ur III (per Professor Richard Zettler, University of Chicago). References: von der Osten, Hans Henning. 1934. Ancient oriental seals in the collection of Mr. Edward T. Newell. Chicago, Ill: The University of Chicago press., #160 - dates seal archaic or Sumerian]Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-5246, described as Cylinder seal: small black stone, inscribed, two figures with tree between. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 1.9 x 0.7 mm. Worn surface. Confronted supplicant deities flank potted tree (?). Inscription: DI.NA.NA PN...... dam [da? - x] .......... Serpentine, greenish black. Ur III (per Professor Richard Zettler, University of Chicago). References: von der Osten, Hans Henning. 1934. Ancient oriental seals in the collection of Mr. Edward T. Newell. Chicago, Ill: The University of Chicago press., #160 - dates seal archaic or Sumerian]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-5246, described as Cylinder seal: small black stone, inscribed, two figures with tree between. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 1.9 x 0.7 mm. Worn surface. Confronted supplicant deities flank potted tree (?). Inscription: DI.NA.NA PN...... dam [da? - x] .......... Serpentine, greenish black. Ur III (per Professor Richard Zettler, University of Chicago). References: von der Osten, Hans Henning. 1934. Ancient oriental seals in the collection of Mr. Edward T. Newell. Chicago, Ill: The University of Chicago press., #160 - dates seal archaic or Sumerian]

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