Cylinder seal: half, white stone [white stone crossed out on card; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: limestone], shows very early linear seal cutting. Babylonian. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Limestone. Broken vertically in antiquity (interior surface worn); less than one-half of seal remaining. 30 x 14 mm. From left: bearded figure with braided (?) hair, full figure with head turned to the left, carrying triangular object on head which is supported by the right hand. A tassel hangs from his waist. A human-headed bull approaches the first figure with right hand raised and left hand holding a rope. A large potted plant between the two figures. ED III.]
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Middle East
Culture or time period:
Early Dynastic III (ca. 2700–2340 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Kohlberg
Materials:
Limestone
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1955
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 30 millimeters and width 14 millimeters
Loans:
S1972-1973 #20: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (UC Berkeley)/Margaret Perkins (November 6, 1972–November 7, 1972)