Cylinder Seal And 6 Casts
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1900
name: label: Donor Name
content: Rev. Gabriel Oussani
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: The sacred tree or tree of life, surmounted by symbol of Ashur, worshiped on one side by priest, on the other by man-fish, or god or genius clad in fish skin, holding one cone and basket. Behind human worshiper another "man-fish," with cone and basket. Fine work. CF. W.H. Ward. The seal cylinders of Western Asia, p.226, fig 686-689. One pair of casts presented to the Museum of the Catholic University, September 6, 1918 Illus., Proc., U.S.N.M., Vol 69, Art. 4, pl. 1,1a; 5,1, 1926. "Doubtful" - Edith Parada, Met. Mus. of Art, NYC - 5/5/45.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Jun 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 15
place: label: Place
content: Hillah, Babil Governorate (Babylon Province), Iraq, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 037297
label: USNM Number
content: A207924-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Seal