between 1350 B.C. and 1200 B.C.
banded agate ;
Morgan Seal 1050
Description
1 cylinder seal : banded agate ; 18 x 8 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Equally typical [of Mitannian seals] is the rendering in 1049 and 1050, where the winged disk floats above the tree, foreshadowing the Assyrian representation of these designs."--Porada, CANES, p. 146
Summary
Winged sun disk above tree, between two antelopes -- Nude winged goddess holding fish -- Second fish below tree.
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