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CIRCA 1850-1700 B.C.
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A FINE OLD BABYLONIAN HAEMATITE CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA 1850-1700 B.C.
The main scene of a presentation with a bearded god seated on a dais, wearing a long fringed robe and brimmed headdress, holding up a cup infront. Facing him stands a bare-headed worshipper wearing a long fringed robe clasping his hands at his waist. Behind him a suppliant Lamma goddess, wearing horned headdress and flounced robe, with both hands raised. Between them a diminutive priest holding a bucket and one hand raised with palm downwards. A group of three dots and a solar disc and crescent above. An unusual and rare secondary scene in two registers, above two facing Lamma goddesses with both hands raised in supplication, below a dog, the symbol of the goddess Gula, minor edge flakes
16 in. (2.7 cm.) high
CIRCA 1850-1700 B.C.
The main scene of a presentation with a bearded god seated on a dais, wearing a long fringed robe and brimmed headdress, holding up a cup infront. Facing him stands a bare-headed worshipper wearing a long fringed robe clasping his hands at his waist. Behind him a suppliant Lamma goddess, wearing horned headdress and flounced robe, with both hands raised. Between them a diminutive priest holding a bucket and one hand raised with palm downwards. A group of three dots and a solar disc and crescent above. An unusual and rare secondary scene in two registers, above two facing Lamma goddesses with both hands raised in supplication, below a dog, the symbol of the goddess Gula, minor edge flakes
16 in. (2.7 cm.) high
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