Cylinder Seal with Pleiades, Sun Disc, Crescent Moon, and Stars
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Resource ID
4929
Source Title
cylinder seal
Source date
9th Century BCE
Dimensions
H. 22.5 mm, 14 mm diameter
Categories
astrology, astronomy, moon, sun, venus, dog(s), Assyrian, seal/cylinder, Šamaš, Sin, star(s), Pleiades, Nabû, Ištar, Marduk, The Stars (Pleiades), carnelian (sarder)
Current Location
The British Museum, London, UK
Provenance
Purchased from Charles Alexander Carnegie, 11th Earl of Southesk in 1945 with contribution from the NACF Art Fund.
Acquired from Charles Johnston in 1882.
Said to be obtained from Baghdad.
Originally from Mesopotamia, exact city unknown.
Reference
129538
The British Museum
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1945-1013-82
(Registration number: 1945,1013.82; Miscellaneous number: Qy.1: Q19)
Collon 2001a / Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum: Cylinder Seals V: Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Periods (234, pl.XIX)
Carnegie H 1908 / Catalogue of the Collection of Antique Gems formed by James Ninth Earl of Southesk K.T (Qc 1 or Qy.1: Q19 and pl.VII)
Frankfort H 1939 / Cylinder Seals: a documentary essay on the art and religion of the ancient Near East (pl.XXXIIIg)
Black J & Green A 1992 / Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary (p.116. fig. 94)
Green A R 1983 / Neo-Assyrian apotropaic figures (p.91 and pl.XIIc)
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