Ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree) and uraeus snake

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Object no.	S00046
Description of the seal image	The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom and it depicts an abbreviated ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree) and a uraeus snake.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree) - uraeus snake
Subcategory	bead cylinder seal
Collection	The British Museum
Museum number	BM WA 141745 – 1994-11-5, 215
Condition, shape	weathered
Culture	Neo-Assyrian
Provenance	excavated by Sir Max Mallowan at Kalḫu (Nimrud)
First occurence	1994
Archaeological context	Kalḫu (Nimrud)
Registration number	N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter	h: 17.5, d: 7–9.5 (flattened; very small perforation)
Material and features	"Faience: now cream and yellow, probably originally glazed. XRF analysis suggested that a yellow opacifier was used but blue copper colourant may have leached away during burial. The seal was probably yellow or green [MS]."
Style	sintered quartz
Scene	animal, ritual
Transliteration	N/A
Translation	N/A
Bibliography	Collon 2001, 47 no. 46 and pls. IV and XLIII. 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.

Object history

The publications mentioning the objects in this database were collected and the objects classified by ZN; data for the present object was input and preliminary description of the object done by GE based on the relevant publication provided, then the data was checked by MNy and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (2 September 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai

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Ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree) and uraeus snake

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