CIRCA 1390-1308 B.C.

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A KASSITE LAPIS LAZULI CYLINDER SEAL
Circa 1390-1308 B.C.
With a single standing bearded figure in a horned tiara and a long robe, standing with one hand held at the waist, the other holding a scimitar, the remaining space filled with an eight-line inscription in Babylonian cuneiform reading "Gishnu, .. of heaven and earth, light of heaven and earth, Sîn, may the owner of this seal have pleasure, favor, life and .... At the omen of the learned Ishtaran may he be endowed with commands that are obeyed: Sîn-remanni, eunuch of Kurigalzu"
38 x 16 mm

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This seal belonged to Sîn-remanni, royal eunuch of Kurigalzu, king of Babylon. Two kings with the name of Kurigalzu reigned during the Kassite Period, the first circa 1390 B.C., the second from 1332-1308 B.C. It is likely that Sîn-remanni served Kurigalzu II.

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