Cylinder Of Bloodstone 26 Casts
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1900
name: label: Donor Name
content: Rev. Gabriel Oussani
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: Military scene. Persian soldier, bearded, with persian garment and feathered crown and bow and quiver on his shoulder, grasps a kneeling and appealing captive clad in elaborate garment and wearing high helmet, with left hand and strikes him with spear in right hand. Behind the soldier and before a palm tree are four prisoners, their hands tied behind and their necks held by a rope. Cf. W. H. Ward, the Seal Cylinders of Western Asia, p. 327, fig 1049. One pair of casts presented to the Catholic University Museum September 6, 1918. Illus., Proc., U.S. National Museum Vol 69, Art. 4, 1926, pl. 17, 3.
label: Notes
content: Original seal was made of bloodstone. Noted in "Proceedings of the United States National Museum" v.69, art.4 (1926), p. 21, plate 17, 3.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 13
place: label: Place
content: Hillah, Babil Governorate (Babylon Province), Iraq, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Persian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 037297
label: USNM Number
content: A207908-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cylinder