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Stamp seal: ANE.6.1928

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Current Location: Gallery 23

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Description

Pyramidal seal showing a worshipper standing before a three-branched plant and an altar bearing the spade of Marduk and the stylus of Nabu. A crescent appears in the sky

Measurements and weight

Depth: 0.024 m
Length: 0.018 m
Width: 0.012 m

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1928) by Lopham, E. H.

Dating

Neo-Babylonian
Circa -0650 - -0501

School or Style

Neo-Babylonian

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Identification numbers

Accession number: ANE.6.1928
Primary reference Number: 88882
Oldadmincategory: O
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.6.1928
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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