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: "Engraved with two registers, separated by a geometric band of squares and dots. In upper register, in the center, seated divinity with worshiper holding kid or gazelle before him; above, crescent, behind stool, Athera of marduk; behind the worshiper, another with high turban, in flounced robe, hands lifted. Back of this worshiper a god (Shamash?) in long garment standing with left foot upon small animal and facing him, Adad in short tunic, hanmmer in right hand, left arm slightly outstretched. Behind him facing opposite side, seated god in low horned cap and before him god introducing worshiper; above star. In lower register, Gilgamesh and Eabani foughting bull and lion on various positions; in one of these Gilgamesh kneeling holds both animals in reversed position, with figure in long dress standing behind. One pair of casts presented to the Museum of the Catholic University, September 6, 1918. Illus., Proc., U.S. Nat'l Mus., Vol. 69, Art.4, pl. 11,1, 1926. "Doubtful" - Edith Parada, Met. Mus. of Art, NYC - 5/5/45."
label: Notes
content: Seal was originally described as made of brownish hematite. As noted in Proc., U.S. Nat'l Mus., Vol. 69, Art.4, pg. 21, pl. 17,1, 1926.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 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: A207934-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Seal