between 1425 B.C. and 1300 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 976
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 17 x 10 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Seal 976 depicts worship of a deity who is characterized by exceptionally large ears. The elaborate ornamentation on the robes of the worshipers suggests a date late in the fifteenth or in the fourteenth century, because it recalls the type of elaborately adorned garments in which Syrians are shown in the monuments of Egyptian Pharoahs from the tie of Thutmose IV onward, for example in the decoration of a chariot of that Pharoah."--Porada, CANES, p. 131-132
Summary
Two worshipers, one at either side of large-eared deity (frontal view) with star over each shoulder -- At left of deity, fish spouting out line ending in knob -- At right of deity, bird with crown of Lower Egypt -- Terminal: falcon with spread wings, guilloche, sitting stag, one above other.
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