Cylinder Seal And Six Casts
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1900
name: label: Donor Name
content: Rev. Gabriel Oussani
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: Marduk, in low cap, four winged, left raised against Tiamat with head of eagle, wings, and feathered body, grasps with left hand one of the wings of the monster which stands on its hindlegs, while his right hand hangs down holding the scimitar. Peculiar development of sacred tree. Surmounted by sun wheel. Inscription. Cf. W.H. Ward, The seal cylinders of Western Asia. p.202. fig. 585. One pair of casts presented to the Museum of the Catholic University, September 6, 1918. Illus. Proc. U.S. Nat'l Mus, Col. 69, Art. 4, pl.3,6, 1926. "Doubtful" - Miss Edith Parada, Met. Mus. of Art, N.Y.C. - 5/5/45."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Apr 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: A207937-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Seal