between 1600 B.C. and 1350 B.C.
limonite ;
Morgan Seal 993
Description
1 cylinder seal : limonite ; 21 x 10.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Seal 993 and 994, however, present some similar Syrian figures, but in a cursory manner. In 993 the god with bow and mace, attired like the weather god of 964 except for the fringe of his kilt, may likewise be a weather god. The appearance of an Egyptian goddess at the left, and of the Babylonian suppliant goddess at the right, well illustrated the mixture of influences in Syrian art."--Porada, CANES, p. 134-195
Summary
Goddess with crown composed of horns and sun disk, holding indefinable object in each hand, following worshiper holding spear, both facing god with spiked helmet who holds bow and mace -- Suppliant goddess -- In field: star; Egyptian life sign.
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