Seal

Museum number:
9-5243
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
38 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1173
Description:
Cylinder seal: veined white stone, seated human holding bovine in leash, winged geometrical figure on bull's back. Babylonian [Babylonian crossed out; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Akkadian] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 23.5 x 13 mm. Seated deity holds cord linked with nose of kneeling bull which carries a winged gate on its back. In field: crescent over diety's extended hands; plant in front of bull. Limestone or possible lithified tooth]
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Middle East
Culture or time period:
Akkadian
Collector:
Alfred Kohlberg
Materials:
Chalcedony, Limestone, and Tooth (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Cylinder seals
Accession date:
1955
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 23.5 millimeters and width 13 millimeters
Loans:
S1981-1982 #20: Near Eastern Studies Department, UC Berkeley (October 16, 1981–October 16, 1981)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-5243, described as Cylinder seal: veined white stone, seated human holding bovine in leash, winged geometrical figure on bull's back. Babylonian [Babylonian crossed out; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Akkadian] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 23.5 x 13 mm. Seated deity holds cord linked with nose of kneeling bull which carries a winged gate on its back. In field: crescent over diety's extended hands; plant in front of bull. Limestone or possible lithified tooth]Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-5243, described as Cylinder seal: veined white stone, seated human holding bovine in leash, winged geometrical figure on bull's back. Babylonian [Babylonian crossed out; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Akkadian] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 23.5 x 13 mm. Seated deity holds cord linked with nose of kneeling bull which carries a winged gate on its back. In field: crescent over diety's extended hands; plant in front of bull. Limestone or possible lithified tooth]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-5243, described as Cylinder seal: veined white stone, seated human holding bovine in leash, winged geometrical figure on bull's back. Babylonian [Babylonian crossed out; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Akkadian] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: 23.5 x 13 mm. Seated deity holds cord linked with nose of kneeling bull which carries a winged gate on its back. In field: crescent over diety's extended hands; plant in front of bull. Limestone or possible lithified tooth]

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