Cylinder seal

Museum number:
9-1939
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.649
Description:
Steatite cylinder bead, engraved figures. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Cylinder seal, worn. Ritual scene. Worshipper is led by minor deity toward enthroned goddess. In field: crescent above goddesses hand. Two columns of inscriptions: lu.dli9.si4 Lulisi ir11en.me.du10.ga servant of Enmedug]
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Middle East
Culture or time period:
Ur III (ca. 2100–2000 BC)
Collector:
Henry Ludwig Frederick Lutz
Collection date:
before 1930
Materials:
Serpentine (mineral) (greenish-black)
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1930
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 25 millimeters and diameter 15 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-1939, described as Steatite cylinder bead, engraved figures. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Cylinder seal, worn. Ritual scene. Worshipper is led by minor deity toward enthroned goddess. In field: crescent above goddesses hand. Two columns of inscriptions: lu.dli9.si4 Lulisi ir11en.me.du10.ga servant of Enmedug]Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-1939, described as Steatite cylinder bead, engraved figures. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Cylinder seal, worn. Ritual scene. Worshipper is led by minor deity toward enthroned goddess. In field: crescent above goddesses hand. Two columns of inscriptions: lu.dli9.si4 Lulisi ir11en.me.du10.ga servant of Enmedug]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-1939, described as Steatite cylinder bead, engraved figures. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Cylinder seal, worn. Ritual scene. Worshipper is led by minor deity toward enthroned goddess. In field: crescent above goddesses hand. Two columns of inscriptions: lu.dli9.si4 Lulisi ir11en.me.du10.ga servant of Enmedug]

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