Preview
Creation Date
ca. 2100 BCE
Culture
Sumerian
Medium
Cast resin
Dimensions
1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased by the Department of Art History, for Summer Scholars research by Ellie Westfall (’27), 2025.
Accession Number
2025.106.6
Provenance
Purchased by Ellie Westfall from Ancient Replicas on July 12, 2025. Ancient Replicas is an Etsy storefront based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania run by Dr. Stephen Meyers, the president of The Institute for Biblical and Scientific Studies.
Description
Babylonian cylinder seal replica based on the Ur-Nammu seal from the Third Dynasty of Ur in Sumer. The description included in the package says “A goddess wearing a striped robe and a multiple horned head-dress stands with both hands raised behind the worshipper Hash-hamer in a fringed robe, bald and clean-shaven, who raises his right hand. He is being led by a second goddess who raises her left hand. They approach a deified king Ur-Nammu who is bearded, wears a plain robe and a bracelet on his raised right wrist. He is seated beneath the crescent moon on a throne with a curved back whose legs are shaped like a bull’s, which stands on a two-step dais.”
The original seal is part of the British Museum’s collection, 1880,1009.1. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1880-1009-1
Keywords
Department of Art History Collection, Ancient Near East, Before 600 BCE, Cylinder Seal