Cylinder Seal

Cylinder Seal and Modern Impression

Description:
Cylinder seal and modern impression with the creator god Enki/Ea in his watery realm (apsû)
Medium:
Black serpentinite
Location:
Probably Southern Mesopotamia, Iraq
Dimensions:
H. 2.7 cm; Diam. 1.55 cm
Date:
Akkadian Period, ca. 2334–2154 BCE
Inventory Number:
1983,0101.300
Lender:
The British Museum