CDLI Seals 026841 (composite) (P555240)

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• Seal no.: S026841
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  A group of very similar seals. From Mitchell & Searight: (a), (b), (c) probably three separate seals with the same scene and text, but different details: Egyptian king with raised right smiting arm and left hand probably grasping the hair of a foreign captive, with hieroglyphic inscriptions, above ntr nfr nb ir iht, “the Good God, Lord of (ritual) action”, and cartouche, Shabaka (c. 716–702 B.C.); on left, “I have given to you all foreign countries”; and on right, “protection and life around him” (among differences are the looped cord hieroglyph (s3) on the right, the hieroglyphs at the top, and the king’s weapon); (d) worshipper to left with raised hands facing deity to right with raised hands backed by a circle with radiating lines terminating in drill holes.

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• primary: BM Stamp Seals 3, 13

  [Mitchell2008BMStampSeals3] Mitchell, T. C., and Ann Searight. 2008. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum Stamp Seals. III : Impressions of Stamp Seals on Cuneiform Tablets, Clay Bullae, and Jar Handles. Leiden ; Boston : Brill.

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• Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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• Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
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