Ear of wheat ('bottle-brush' tree) and uraeus snake
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| 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. |