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Stamped Pithos sherd
S 102 published AJA 42 (1938) 266 Fig. 5 Frag. from neck of a wheelcf. AJA 52 1948 181 sN. No. 6 made storage jug. Clay: brown at core to light pinkish brown at the surface, with fine sand and lime. WM?
Impression runs up and down and was continuous; made while clay still soft. Four human figures, all delicate and with hats. From right to left: (a) figure in long garment split? at front between the legs and open, embroidered with row of dots. Arms held against side and sword (?) at left side; perhaps holding an object in front of the chest; ^Hat tilted to figure's right; (b) figure standing with legs athwart, arms bent and hands folded (?) over abdomen; clothed in a tight-fitting garment (?) with a diaphanous garment hanging from arms or shoulders; wearing crown or brimmed hat; (c) figure apparently moving to its right; garment inperhaps holding something distinct but possibly like that of (a); left arm at waist height, right uplifted; border hat seeming to adore the figure's head, which is small. (d) figure walking to its left, with right arm raised and left arm holding long bough with leaves (?) ; wearing a tight-fitting knee-length skirt and a hat like (a)'s, but outlined with dots. Dot rosette interstice between head of (a) and (b); and (b) and (c).
Two of figures identified by Daniel as Ea and Shamash ; described as Pre-Kassite in style; dated First dynasty Babylonian on the authority of Olmstead and v. d. Osten.
H: 6.3 cm W: 10.2 cm. Thickness 1.9 cm.
Area A Level B:5 LC II B 1350-1275 B.C.
AJA 1948: No. 6, the seal impression from Kourion, manifests in the predominant use of a fine drill a style which was in use at the end of the First Dynasty of Babylon, cf. Louvre A 570, a sealing of the time of Ammizaduga, who reigned 146 years after the beginning of Hammurabi's reign (ca. 1728 B.C.)
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain