Imperial Akkadian, Phases II and III : Cylinder seal impressions
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Strommenger, Eva
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
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Upper row : of Kalki, Phase II, c. 2415-2390 BC, aragonite, h : 3.4 cm (British Museum)
Kalki, servant of Ubilishtar, brother of the king (Sargon?)
armed men, perhaps hunting. 2nd, left : Phase II, h : 2.6 cm (Berlin)
two pairs of naked gods fighting
one characterised by rays of light belongs to circle of the sun-god Shamash. 2nd, right : Phase III, c. 2390-2290 BC, h : 3.3 cm (Berlin)
water streams from shoulders of god Ea
his double-headed vizier & a god armed with a club introduce a mythical creature followed by a praying man with sacrificial animal. 3rd row : Phase III, steatite, h : 2.3 cm (Berlin)
a standing weather-god travels in a four-wheeled wagon drawn by a winged lion with a bird's tail. 4th row : Phase III, green stone, h : 3.8 cm (British Museum)
an Imperial Akkadian adaptation of the old "band of figures", now resolved into two opposing groups
a bull-man to the left & a bearded hero to the right each struggling with a wild bull. 5th row : Phase III, agate, h : 3.7 cm (British Museum)
the inscription names a scribe, the son of a man Abilum.
Kalki, servant of Ubilishtar, brother of the king (Sargon?)
armed men, perhaps hunting. 2nd, left : Phase II, h : 2.6 cm (Berlin)
two pairs of naked gods fighting
one characterised by rays of light belongs to circle of the sun-god Shamash. 2nd, right : Phase III, c. 2390-2290 BC, h : 3.3 cm (Berlin)
water streams from shoulders of god Ea
his double-headed vizier & a god armed with a club introduce a mythical creature followed by a praying man with sacrificial animal. 3rd row : Phase III, steatite, h : 2.3 cm (Berlin)
a standing weather-god travels in a four-wheeled wagon drawn by a winged lion with a bird's tail. 4th row : Phase III, green stone, h : 3.8 cm (British Museum)
an Imperial Akkadian adaptation of the old "band of figures", now resolved into two opposing groups
a bull-man to the left & a bearded hero to the right each struggling with a wild bull. 5th row : Phase III, agate, h : 3.7 cm (British Museum)
the inscription names a scribe, the son of a man Abilum.
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1964
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