between 1300 B.C. and 1200 B.C.
hematite ;
Morgan Seal 986
Description
1 cylinder seal : hematite ; 19.5 x 8.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"In 985 and 986 the principal elements are motifs employing animals and monsters that usually appear in subsidiary motifs. The sphinxes of 985, and the antelopes, lion, and birds of 986 represent the types of creatures most frequently so used. The beautiful execution of 985 indicates that it is a fifteenth-century product, while the summary treatment of 986 suggests a later dating."--Porada, CANES, p. 133
Summary
Two birds, each with raised wing, sitting falcon(?), third bird with raised wing, all above two sitting goats--one at either side of vase--and sitting lion -- In field: crescent; three triple-ringed cups.
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