between 1350 B.C. and 1200 B.C.
milky chalcedony ;
Morgan Seal 1064
Description
1 cylinder seal : milky chalcedony ; 12 x 9 mm
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes
"Seals 1060-1064 can be compared to Nuzi 888 and 889, in which the designs likewise show no particular plan. There is no obvious meaning, and no clear decorative pattern appears."--Porada, CANES, p. 147
Summary
Upper field: crescent (placed vertically), scorpion, fish -- Lower field: hand, two rhombs.
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