View Objects by:

•

•	Principal Object Types

•	Alphabetical Index of Categories

•	Iraq Museum Numbers

•	Provenience / Excavation Numbers

•	Publication / Source

Selected Categories:

•	shell -- cylinder seal -- cultic scene -- presentation scene

modern impression

bibliography and image source: Frankfort, Henri: Stratified Cylinder Seals from the Diyala Region. Oriental Institute Publications 72. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, no. 778.

• museum number: IM18958

• excavation number: As. 33:471

• provenience: Tell Asmar

• dimension(s) (in cm):
3.3 x .9

• material: shell

• date: Akkadian (ca. 2300 - 2200 BC)

• description:
Minor deity, introduced by another and accompanied by interceding deity, approaches seated goddess holding crescent standard.

• status: feared to be stolen

Lost Treasures Homepage

Iraq Museum Database Homepage

Site Photos

IraqCrisis Mailing List

revised: April 14, 2008 10:27:05