Stamp seal with a scene of adoration of divine symbols, unknown Neo-Babylonian workshop. On the octagonal, slightly convex base of the seal, there is a scene, schematically executed in concave relief, of a standing figure priest? adoring divine emblems placed on a two-story openwork platform altar?. The emblems on the platform are interpreted as a spade, an attribute of Marduk, and a stylus, an attribute of Nabu, the god of scribes, wisdom and magic. At the top of the scene, two astral symbols are shown — a star and a crescent moon, identified with Shamash the sun god and Sin the moon god. 6th century BC; Neo-Babylonian period, Southern Mesopotamia Babylonia, Iraq. Seal; height 3.2 cm, width 2.5 cm, depth 1.45 cm., A single rounded, dome-shaped object with a smooth, slightly translucent surface in shades of off-white, beige, and pale yellow, showing areas of cloudy white mottling and faint brownish spots; the surface has several shallow scratches and scuff marks, a vertical groove runn...
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Stamp seal with a scene of adoration of divine symbols, unknown Neo-Babylonian workshop. On the octagonal, slightly convex base of the seal, there is a scene, schematically executed in concave relief, of a standing figure priest? adoring divine emblems placed on a two-story openwork platform altar?. The emblems on the platform are interpreted as a spade, an attribute of Marduk, and a stylus, an attribute of Nabu, the god of scribes, wisdom and magic. At the top of the scene, two astral symbols are shown — a star and a crescent moon, identified with Shamash the sun god and Sin the moon god. 6th century BC; Neo-Babylonian period, Southern Mesopotamia Babylonia, Iraq. Seal; height 3.2 cm, width 2.5 cm, depth 1.45 cm., A single rounded, dome-shaped object with a smooth, slightly translucent surface in shades of off-white, beige, and pale yellow, showing areas of cloudy white mottling and faint brownish spots; the surface has several shallow scratches and scuff marks, a vertical groove running near the center, and a small darker smudge; the edges show rougher, slightly darker brownish wear.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A04_295

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

25.3Mo (450.4Ko) / 23.4cm x 27.1cm / 2764 x 3198 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Stamp seal scene adoration divine symbols unknown Neo-Babylonian workshop octagonal slightly convex base seal schematically executed concave relief standing figure priest adoring divine emblems placed two-story openwork platform altar platform interpreted spade attribute Marduk stylus Nabu god scribes wisdom magic top two astral symbols shown star crescent moon identified Shamash sun god Sin moon god 6th century BC Neo-Babylonian period Southern Mesopotamia Babylonia Iraq Seal height 3.2 cm width 2.5 cm depth 1.45 cm single rounded dome-shaped object smooth slightly translucent surface shades off-white beige pale yellow showing areas cloudy white mottling faint brownish spots surface several shallow scratches scuff marks vertical groove running near center small darker smudge edges rougher slightly brownish wear.

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