between 1600 B.C. and 1350 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 995
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 19 x 10 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Seal 995 presents the unparalleled subject of two female worshipers flanking a vessel with a star above it."--Porada, CANES, p. 135
Cylinder scratched.
Cylinder scratched.
Summary
Two female worshiper, between them vessel with star above -- Terminal: two facing recumbent sphinxes above seated antelope attacked by lion; above lion, vase; below lion, small recumbent hare; behind lion, small sitting antelope.
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