between 1350 B.C. and 1200 B.C.
red jasper breccia ;
Morgan Seal 1031
Description
1 cylinder seal : red jasper breccia ; 24 x 10 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"... in 1031 and 1033, the belt tassels hanging between the legs of the winged hero, a typical feature of heroes' garments in the second half of the second millennium, as evidenced by the Middle Assyrian cylidners 597, 599, 600."--Porada, CANES, p. 143
Cylinder damaged.
Cylinder damaged.
Summary
Genius holding two gazelles by hind leg, bird under each gazelle -- Facing genius, figure with curved weapon -- Figure with one knee, above lion, brandishing weapon and holding second lion by hind leg before him -- At either side of figure with curved weapon, animal head -- At either side of kneeling figure, star -- Above second lion, reversed animal -- All figures except genius above guilloche.
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