Early Sumerian period : Cylinder seals and impressions, third quarter of 4th millennium
| dc.contributor.author | Strommenger, Eva | |
| dc.contributor.author | Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Mesopotamia (Tell Billa, Iraq | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Uruk, Iraq) | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-06T04:51:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-02-06T04:51:23Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1964 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2020-02-06T04:51:23Z | |
| dc.description | Upper row : "Man in net-skirt" feeding Inanna's sheep, this time not accompanied by servant as on parallel piece | |
| dc.description | this seal has zoomorphic handle, like many others of the period. 2nd row : From Tell Billa, diorite | |
| dc.description | a reed boat with one man punting & other paddling and EN ("Lord") on stem and stern-post, is approaching temple facade with "ring-pillar" symbols of unidentified god | |
| dc.description | a procession bringing tribute in form of long chains or belts | |
| dc.description | ring pillar deity may be related to Inanna. 3rd row : From Uruk, E-anna precinct, treasure-house of level IIIa/II, lapis lazuli, h : 4.3 cm (Berlin) | |
| dc.description | "man in net-skirt" is standing in reed boat in an attitude of prayer facing a stepped altar with reed bundles (Inanna), carried on back of bull. Bottom row : From near Uruk, marble (Berlin) | |
| dc.description | "man in net-skirt" feeding blossoming twigs to two Dinka sheep | |
| dc.description | bundles of reeds associated with inanna | |
| dc.description | a copper nail attached to a sheep couchant, which served as a handle, still remains in the perforation of the seal. | |
| dc.format.extent | 35mm | |
| dc.format.medium | slide | |
| dc.format.medium | b&w | |
| dc.identifier | ANUA 682-4100 | |
| dc.identifier.other | WA-16 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/201395 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_AU | |
| dc.provenance | Digitised by the Australian National University in 2020 | |
| dc.rights.license | This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University. | |
| dc.subject | Mesopotamia : Eridu-'Ubaid period, Early Sumerian period, Fara-Ur I period, Imperial Akkadian period | |
| dc.subject | seals | |
| dc.subject | stone | |
| dc.subject | book scan | |
| dc.title | Early Sumerian period : Cylinder seals and impressions, third quarter of 4th millennium | |
| dc.type | Image | |
| dspace.entity.type | ANUArchivesItem | |
| local.description.notes | Source : Eva Strommenger, The Art of Mesopotamia, translated by Christina Haglund, London, Thames & Hudson, 1964, Figure 17 | |
| local.identifier.uidSubmittedBy | u4962371 |
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