between 1350 B.C. and 1200 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 1037
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 19 x 9.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Appearing at the right of the scene in 1036, and as the main theme of 1037 and 1038, are figures drinking through tubes from vessels. This ancient motif is also found in Nuzi impressions (Nuzi 8, 19, 560-563) and in the Cappadocian seal 894, indicating that the theme continued to be used in the north, though it fell into disuse in the south after the Akkad period."--Porada, CANES, p. 144
Summary
Figure seated before stand with globe above it, drinking through tube from vessel, and faced by attendant who raises second vessel -- Kneeling antelope above crouching lion -- Bird, gazelle's head, bull's head, one above other -- Above tube, rhomb; globe in sky.
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