between 1500 B.C. and 1400 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 974
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 17 x 9 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"In 974, which is of crude workmanship, the central figure may also be a royal personage, being armed and gared like the presumably kingly figure in 958."--Porada, CANES, p. 131
Summary
Worshiper facing male figure with oval headgear who holds curved weapon -- Second worshiper -- In field: star above ball staff; wedge; triple-ringed vase; second ball staff -- Terminal: bird, guilloche, recumbent ibex, one above other.
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