Seal

Museum number:
9-1925
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.649
Description:
Cylindrical bead. Old Babylonian. 23 x 10.5 cm (2 different measurements on card, see below). Supplicant goddess facing left and part of a supplicant goddess facing left; blank space between with no trace of inscription. Condition: One half lost vertically. cf. Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, #712, (Isin-Larsa) #908, 917 (Old Babylonian).
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Mesopotamia
Verbatim coll. place:
Mesopotamia attr
Culture or time period:
Old Babylonian (ca. 1900–1600 BC)
Collector:
Henry Ludwig Frederick Lutz
Collection date:
before 1930
Materials:
Chert
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Cylinder seals
Accession date:
1930
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 23 millimeters and diameter 11 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-1925, described as Cylindrical bead. Old Babylonian. 23 x 10.5 cm (2 different measurements on card, see below). Supplicant goddess facing left and part of a supplicant goddess facing left; blank space between with no trace of inscription. Condition: One half lost vertically. cf. Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, #712, (Isin-Larsa) #908, 917 (Old Babylonian).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-1925, described as Cylindrical bead. Old Babylonian. 23 x 10.5 cm (2 different measurements on card, see below). Supplicant goddess facing left and part of a supplicant goddess facing left; blank space between with no trace of inscription. Condition: One half lost vertically. cf. Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, #712, (Isin-Larsa) #908, 917 (Old Babylonian).

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