between 1350 B.C. and 1200 B.C.
grey marble ;
Morgan Seal 1042
Description
1 cylinder seal : grey marble ; 19 x 9 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"The lion-headed demon in 1041, and the crude version of this figure in 1042, may stand for another deity concerned with hunting or a manifestation of such a god."--Porada, CANES, p. 145
Summary
Winged lion-headed demon holding gazelle by hind leg -- In upper field, rhomb, scorpion -- In middle field, ball staff above lion -- In lower field, bird beside fish and bull's head(?).
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