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Description: | ; Date(s): circa -2400 - -2200; Classification(s): seal, cylinder seal; Acquisition: bequeathed by from : Greg, Sir Robert, 1954 [ANE.510.1954]
Description: a cylinder seal showing two divine attendants holding open a pair of gates for Shamash (the sun god), who rises up between two mountains. Shamash is shown here with rays emanating from his shoulders and holding a saw. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | seal cylinder seal | Temporal: | name=Sargonid; start=-2400; end=-2200 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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