A KASSITE CHALCEDONY CYLINDER SEAL

CIRCA 1600-1150 B.C.

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A KASSITE CHALCEDONY CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA 1600-1150 B.C.
With a standing bearded figure wearing an ankle-length robe, in front a seated upward-gazing dog, three lozenges, a cross and an ear of barley in the field, with six lines of Sumerian inscription reading: 'Marduk, great lord, prince into whose hand the decrees of heaven and underworld are entrusted, may the servant who reveres you be well favoured in your presence, may he have a personal god and protecting angel'
1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) high

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Private collection, Germany, acquired early 1980s.
Translated by Professor W. G. Lambert, University of Birmingham, September 1983.

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PUBLISHED:
M. Dietrich and O. Loretz (eds), Internationales Jahrbuch für die Altertumskunde Syrien-Palästinas, Band 35, 2003, p. 553, no. 46.

Dogs often represented the goddess of healing, Gula, and an ear of barley often symbolised the goddess of grain, Nissaba.