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Imperial Akkadian, Phases II and III : Cylinder seal impressions

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dc.contributor.authorStrommenger, Eva
dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialMesopotamia
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-06T04:56:53Z
dc.date.available2020-02-06T04:56:53Z
dc.date.created1964
dc.date.updated2020-02-06T04:56:53Z
dc.descriptionUpper row : of Kalki, Phase II, c. 2415-2390 BC, aragonite, h : 3.4 cm (British Museum)
dc.descriptionKalki, servant of Ubilishtar, brother of the king (Sargon?)
dc.descriptionarmed men, perhaps hunting. 2nd, left : Phase II, h : 2.6 cm (Berlin)
dc.descriptiontwo pairs of naked gods fighting
dc.descriptionone 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)
dc.descriptionwater streams from shoulders of god Ea
dc.descriptionhis 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)
dc.descriptiona 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)
dc.descriptionan Imperial Akkadian adaptation of the old "band of figures", now resolved into two opposing groups
dc.descriptiona 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)
dc.descriptionthe inscription names a scribe, the son of a man Abilum.
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediumslide
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.identifierANUA 682-4170
dc.identifier.otherWA-85
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/201466
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2020
dc.rights.licenseThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
dc.subjectMesopotamia : Eridu-'Ubaid period, Early Sumerian period, Fara-Ur I period, Imperial Akkadian period
dc.subjectseals
dc.subjectstone
dc.subjectbook scan
dc.titleImperial Akkadian, Phases II and III : Cylinder seal impressions
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesSource : Eva Strommenger, The Art of Mesopotamia, translated by Christina Haglund, London, Thames & Hudson, 1964, Illustration 113

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