Worshiper before figure with scimitar and mongoose

between 2000 B.C. and 1750 B.C.
hematite
17.5 x 9.5 mm
Morgan Seal 920
Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes: 

"In 920 the arrangement of the two scenes on the seal--one presenting two large figures, the other a number of smaller ones--may indicate an early date, since in seals of fully developed Syrian style the subsidiary scene is most often clearly set off from the principal theme by being arranged in two registers, usually with a guilloche betwen them (as in 919). Cappadocian designs like that of 894 show motifs placed beside one another much as in 920. A somewhat similar arrangement appears in 921, which also presents what may be a simplified rendering of the floral standard placed between two of the smaller figures in 920."--Porada, CANES, p. 120

Summary: 

Worshiper before figure with scimitar, between them bird above mongoose -- Two manikins--one at either side of stnadard ending in two lotus blossoms supporting sun disk in crescent--with hare where first manikin, bird above second -- Small female figure with cup enthroned on crouching lion, hand before her, animal head behind her.

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