Undetermined scene

Object no. S00397
Description of the seal image There are only details preserved of the original scene due to the worn state of the object.
Figures, motifs/symbols - undetermined details: cuts and drill holes
Subcategory bead cylinder seal
Collection The British Museum
Museum number BM WA 140362 – 1987-1-31, 35
Condition, shape worn
Culture Neo-Assyrian
Provenance excavated by Sir Max Mallowan at Kalḫu (Nimrud) in 1957
First occurence 1957
Archaeological context Kalḫu (Nimrud), AB, PG5
Registration number ND 6127
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 27; d: 11.2
Material and features "chlorite: black"
Style linear
Scene uncertain
Transliteration

N/A

Bibliography

Collon 2001, 196 no. 397 and pl. XXXIII.



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 ER 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). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai, ER – Erika Roboz
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