between 1350 B.C. and 1200 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 1066
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 21 x 10 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Similarly, the various motifs that make up the designs of 1065-1067 seem to have no related significance. However, in these seals the decorative tendency of the Mitannians is expressed by arrangement of the motifs in definite patterns."--Porada, CANES, p. 147
Summary
Three pairs of fishes between two crosshatched bands.
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