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title: Cylinder Seal with a King Pouring an Offering to Shamash
author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8102/cylinder-seal-with-a-king-pouring-an-offering-to-s/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Cylinder Seal with a King Pouring an Offering to Shamash

_Authored by [Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/OsamaSMAmin/)_

## Image File

[![Cylinder Seal with a King Pouring an Offering to Shamash](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8102.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8102.jpg)

## Image Caption

This lapis lazuli [cylinder seal](https://www.worldhistory.org/Cylinder_Seal/) shows a libation scene. A robed king stands before the ascending Sun [God](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/) [Shamash](https://www.worldhistory.org/Utu-Shamash/) and pours an offering. The suppliant goddess (with necklace counterweight) stands behind the king. The God holds a wedge and ring (as he does on the [Code of Hammurabi](https://www.worldhistory.org/Code_of_Hammurabi/)) and rests his foot on a rectangular chequer-board mountain. The name of Bur-Dagan appears on the [cuneiform](https://www.worldhistory.org/cuneiform/) inscription; this is the owner of the [tomb](https://www.worldhistory.org/tomb/) where this seal was found. Old Babylonian Period, 1900 BCE. Found inside a [grave](https://www.worldhistory.org/burial/) of Larsa Period in area EM, [Ur](https://www.worldhistory.org/ur/) ([city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/)-[archaic](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Archaic/)), Southern [Mesopotamia](https://www.worldhistory.org/Mesopotamia/), modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London).

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## About the Author

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Amin, O. S. M. (2018, February 26). Cylinder Seal with a King Pouring an Offering to Shamash. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8102/cylinder-seal-with-a-king-pouring-an-offering-to-s/>
### Chicago
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Cylinder Seal with a King Pouring an Offering to Shamash." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 26, 2018. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8102/cylinder-seal-with-a-king-pouring-an-offering-to-s/>.
### MLA
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Cylinder Seal with a King Pouring an Offering to Shamash." *World History Encyclopedia*, 26 Feb 2018, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8102/cylinder-seal-with-a-king-pouring-an-offering-to-s/>.

## License & Copyright

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