Worshipper (priest) holding long-necked bottle and facing divine symbols
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bald, beardless worshipper (priest) stands facing various divine symbols, including the lightning bolt of Adad, the sitting dog of Gula, the ram-headed staff of Ea (Enki), the stylus of Nabu, and the spade of Marduk (marru). All symbols are placed on cult daises (parakkus) except for the ram-headed staff. The worshipper wears a long, double-belted, fringed robe and holds a long-necked bottle. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- cult daises (parakkus) (3) - dog: sitting, on a cult dais - lightning bolt of Adad: on a cult dais - ram-headed staff of Ea (Enki) - spade of Marduk (marru): on a cult dais - stylus of Nabu: on a cult dais - worshipper: priest, beardless, bald, wearing a long, double-belted, fringed robe, holding a long-necked bottle |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The British Museum |
| Museum number | BM WA 132978 – 1962-7-21, 1 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | "acquired from Dr Girardi" |
| First occurence | "acquired from Dr Girardi" |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 37.5; d: 19 (with convex ends; small perforation) |
| Material and features | "quartz, chalcedony: streaked, greys (bluish white patination was probably acquired during burial)" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | offering |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Collon 2001, 195 no. 392 and pl. XXXII. Collon, D.: Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals V: Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Periods. (Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals 5) London, 2001. |