— Dominique Collon —Figure 7. 4 Presentation scene before seated king (note the small dancing lute-player). Inscribed
‘Sin-Ishmeanni, son of Sin-iddinam, servant of Sumu-Yamutbala [attested as ruler of a city in northern
Babylonia from 1855 - 1843 BC]’. Lapis lazuli. 2. 48 × 1. 45. BM ANE 134757 ( 1966 - 2 - 18 , 18 )
(Collon 1986 , no. 56 ).
Figure 7. 5 Impressions of seals, probably of the seventeenth century BC, showing the use of
cutting wheel and drill: (a) Lama goddesses. Inscribed ‘Abagal-dayyan, son of Taribum, servant of
the god Nergal’. Quartz with minor feldspar and chlorite. 2. 8 × 1. 3. BM ANE 89045 ( 1863 - 4 -
21 , 12 ) (Collon 1986 , no. 579 ); (b) seventeenth-century BCversion of the goddess Lama, nude
hero, robed king and ascending god with standard. Haematite. 2. 25 × 1. 0. BM ANE 89436 ( 1851 -
10 - 9 , 19 ) (Collon 1986 , no. 432 ).
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(b)