between 2000 B.C. and 1750 B.C.
hematite
15 x 9 mm
Morgan Seal 936
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"The scenes of 934 and 936 include monsters with lion heads and scorpion bodies, creatures that appear to be limited to seals of the first Syrian group. They occur for example in Newell 312, which has in its upper register a pole composed of a male and a female head. This pole,which has been mentioned in connection with 918 and 919, is a feature not found in seals of the second Syrian group."--Porada, CANES, p. 123
Summary:
Double-headed lion-eagle and winged lion-demon on one knee, latter holding hare, above two sitting griffins with fish between them -- Leaping gazelle over sitting gazelle -- Column composed of hare and three lions with scorpion bodies.
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