between 1300 B.C. and 1200 B.C.
black steatite ;
Morgan Seal 1000
Description
1 cylinder seal : black steatite ; 48 x 15.5 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Palestinian origin is even more probably in the case of 999-1001, in view of the predominance of Egyptian elements in these seals. d resembling the god Ptah... Seal 1000 presents two Horus figures with a tree between them, as well as a male figure in Egyptian apron."--Porada, CANES, p. 136
Summary
Worshiper(?) before winged goddess, bird between them -- Two figures resembling Egyptian god Horus, with tree between them, each grasping shoot -- Terminal: globe in crescent above Egyptian life sign.
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