Cast Of Syro-Hittite Cylinder Seal
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1889
name: label: Donor Name
content: Department Of Anthropology
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Original of black obsidian, in Metropolitan Museum [of Art]. Illus., Proc., U.S.N.M., Vol. 69, Art. 4, pl. 18, 6, 1926. Goddess (Ishtar) in single loose garment so as to expose navel and one entire leg. In right hand she holds dove with wings extended. Facing her, god in low cap with broad band (After the style of the Gudra figures and deities). The other half of seal is taken up with 2 lions facing each other over rope pattern (guilloche), over griffin attacking ibex. Cf. W.H.Ward.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Jul 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 8
place: label: Place
content: Not Given
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 022326
label: USNM Number
content: A130279-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Seal