cylinder. Neo Babilonian

Seal depicting a bare-headed priest before divine symbols of the goddess Ishtar (star) and the god Sin (moon crescent) set on altars. This is the commonest motif in the Neo-Babylonian cylinder and stamp seals. Mesopotamia. Culture: Neo-Babylonian Period: 1000-539 BC Material: Agate. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ British Museum, London