Cylinder seal. Scene shows a weather god brandishing a lightning bolt, a diminutive figure kneeling, an interceding goddess and worshipper. Inscription erased.
Length: 0.021 m
Width: 0.009 m
Method of acquisition: Given (1966) by British Museum & British School of Archaeology in Iraq
Old Babylonian
Circa
-1700
BCE
-
-1600
BCE
black Serpentine
Accession number: ANE.65.1966
Primary reference Number: 89004
Oldadmincategory: O
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.65.1966
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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