between 2000 B.C. and 1750 B.C.
hematite
21 x 12 mm
Morgan Seal 915
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"... 915 shows, in its two bull-men with a standard, a motif found in the subsidiary scene of 421, except that the Babylonian bull-men both grasp the same standard, while those of 915 each hold a separate one."--Porada, CANES, p. 120
Summary:
"Two bull-men (frontal view), each holding standard or spear -- Worshiper with curved staff facing nude female, between them Egyptian life sign above stand with loaves -- At right, worshiper(?) in flounced robe with egyptianizing cartouche before him."--Porada, CANES, p. 121
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