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: Worshiper or god in low cap, right hand raised and 7 columns of inscription. In the field the Kassite cross, resembling the "Greek Cross," formed of 2 cross lines in a frame or in an enveloping cross, a variation of representation of the Sun; below, star and perhaps altar, and small animal (dog). CF. W.H. Ward. The seal cylinders of Western Asia, Ch. XXXIII. p.184 ff. and P.394. 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. 14,5, 1926. "Doubtful" - Edith Parada, Met. Mus. of Art, NYC - 5/5/45.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 8
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: A207927-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Seal