Standing human figure


Standing human figure
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image The upper part of the object has been broken off. The remaining scene depicts a human figure wearing a broad-belted, long robe. A tassel appears to be hanging down on their back. The figure was meant to face a vertically-set, seven-line cuneiform inscription framed and separated by rulings.
Figures, motifs/symbols - human figure: wearing a broad-belted, long robe, a tassel hangs down on their back
- inscription: cuneiform, seven lines, vertically set, framed and separated by rulings
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection The Metropolitan Museum of Art / The MET / MMA
Museum number MMA 41.160.314
Culture Kassite
Provenance bequeathed by W. Gedney Beatty to the MMA in 1941
First occurence 1941
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 2+ (sic!), d: N/A
Material and features "chalcedony"
Translation N/A
Bibliography

MMA: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/323902 [accessed: 06-12-2023].