between 1650 B.C. and 1350 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 947
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 22 x 11 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Seals 947-949 show a figure wearing this headgear [i.e. oval headgear] and further attired in the flounced robe characteristic of Mesopotamian deity, which, as indicated by 910-913, was adopted by the Syrians for some of their gods. Therefore it seems likely that the enthroned figure in both 947 and 948, and the standing figure at the right in 949, should be regarded as gods."--Porada, CANES, p. 125-126
Summary
Female worshiper holding palm leaf(?), behind enthroned deity with oval headgear who holds cup and faces male worshiper -- In field: plant; disk enclosing cross with rays in crescent; bird (at knee of deity) -- Secondary motif: four female(?) figures above guilloche; below latter, recumbent hare.
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