between 1650 B.C. and 1350 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 953
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 27 x 12 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"No determination can be made, however, in regard to the figurew with oval headgear in 953, since they wear long. crosshatched robes."--Porada, CANES, p. 126
Summary
Two facing figures with oval headgear, between them winged sun disk, vase, monkey, one above other --At right, female figure holding vase and wearing crown of Egyptian goddess composed of horns and disk, altar before her -- Terminal: sitting sphinx, guilloche, walking lion, one above other.
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