Stamp Seal

Stamp seal and impression of a priest or sage worshiping the divine symbols of a spade and stylus. The stamp seal is made of a vitreous material and is greenish gray in color.

Stamp Seal and Modern Impression

Description:
Stamp seal and modern impression with a worshipper or priest before the divine symbols of Marduk (spade) and Nabu (stylus)
Medium:
Vitreous material
Location:
Nippur (modern Nuffar), Iraq
Dimensions:
Seal: H. 2 cm; Diam. 1.5 cm; Impression: H. 3 cm; W. 3 cm
Date:
Neo-Assyrian or Neo-Babylonian Period, ca. 700–539 BCE
Inventory Number:
B14299
Lender:
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia
Credit:
Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896
Courtesy of Penn Museum