King or dignitary holding long, curved staff
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded figure (king or dignitary) stands holding a long curved staff. He wears a brimmed headdress and a long, fringed robe. In front of him is a vertically-set, six-line cuneiform inscription framed and separated by rulings. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- human figure: bearded, perhaps a king or dignitary, wearing a brimmed headdress and a long, fringed robe, holding a long, curved staff - inscription: cuneiform, vertically-set, six lines, framed and separated by rulings |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The British Museum |
| Museum number | BM WA 129532 – 1945-10-13, 76 |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Southesk Collection; acquired by Southesk from the Tyszkiewicz Collection (lot 19) in 1883 |
| First occurence | before 1883 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 33.5; d: 14 |
| Material and features | "diorite, an igneous rock: variegated, black and white" |
| Translation |
(Seal) of Marduk-shakin-shumi, son of Marduk-zera-uballit, descendant of Yakin, of/governor of the town of Usur-Marduk |
| Bibliography |
Collon 2001, 191–192 no. 388, pls. XXXII and XLII. 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. |