Cylinder Seal Of Onyx And 6 Casts
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1900
name: label: Donor Name
content: Rev. Gabriel Oussani
notes: label: Notes
content: IST DYNASTY OF BABYLON CA. 19TH-16TH CENT BCE
label: Notes
content: From card: Altar on which lies fish surmounted by star and crescent. To left god in horned headgear and elaborate long robe, left hand raised, right close to bosom; to the right, worshiper or priest, arms akimbo. Between the two figures the Caduceus (only on Babyl. seals), consisting of two serpents rising from vertical stem, with imperfect bodies and heads thrown outward, neck thickened like that of an Egyptian asp. Between the two serpents is a vase or the spearhead of Marduk. the Caduceus rests on the rhomb or triangle, and a bove this curved stems on either side, crossed each with three bars. Cf. on Caduceus W.H. Ward, the Seal cylinders of Western Asia. P. 408, 30. One pair of casts presented to the Catholic University museum September 6, 1918. Illus., Proc., U.S.N.Mus., Vol 69, Art. 4, 1926, pl.9,8.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 12
place: label: Place
content: Hillah, Babil Governorate (Babylon Province), Iraq, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Babylonian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 037297
label: USNM Number
content: A207913-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Seal