FMNH 156610.nosub[1]

  • 156610 stone seal, cylinder
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Overall view
  • cylinder seal impressions
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Impression of shell cylinder seal found in grave Old Palace Area. Horned (?) deity, boat like structure, grasping paddle (?), seated in boat is human figure wearing long garment made of goat or sheepskin; in front is long tailed quadruped with what may be a small fish above its back. Lower register: two human figures, short skirted, placing a brick upon the top of 4-stage ziggurat (?); two human figures, short skirted, loads on heads approach masons; one short skirted human figure facing a seated human with garment; all figures dressed in goat or sheep skin clothing.
  • 156604: Impression from Ceramic
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Impression from ceramic cylinder seal. Upper portion: two cocks facing each other, to the left a rampant long horned antelope. Lower portion: horned quadruped with long tail facing griffin; between them a winged disc of the Assyrian type. Center portion: (at end of roll) a standing human figure, bearded, and wearing tunic and hat, arms outstretched
Catalog Number: 156610.nosub[1]
Description: seal
Materials: shell
Time Period: Early Dynastic
Accession Number: [1497] Excavations at Kish, Iraq (Expedition)
Accession Year: 1924
Other Numbers: 772, 88264
City/Town: Kish
Collector/Source: Excavations at Kish, Iraq, Excavations at Kish, Iraq
EMu IRN: 1366087
GUID: f2ed4bc9-b2c7-4661-96f9-d203758f7bb4

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