CYLINDER SEAL: the legend of this seal identifies its owner as Bilalama, son of Eshnunna's ruler Kirikiri; the seal design depicts a presentation scene: Eshnunna's city god Tishpak (identifiable by two snake dragons emerging from his shoulders) is seated on the right side; he is faced by a bald-headed worshipper, who is followed by a suppliant (Lamma) goddess; between god and worshipper a divine attendant figure

• material:	lapis lazuli, with gold cap
• provenience:	Palace of the Rulers at Tell Asmar (stolen from excavation but recovered from an antiquities dealer in Baghdad later on)
• date:	early Isin/Larsa (ca. 2,000 B.C.)