between 2000 B.C. and 1750 B.C.
hematite
17 x 9 mm
Morgan Seal 922
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Seal 922 is listed with 920 and 921 because the execution of the details of its design, such as the sitting monkey, is identical with that in 920, possibly indicating that the two seals were made in the same workshop ... The animals in 920 and 922 ... seem to be treated as symbols, since they appear in positions occupied by standards or symbols in seals such as 921."--Porada, CANES, p. 120
Summary:
Deity (?) facing male and female worshiper --Behind deity, hare above mongoose -- Before deity, bird above antelope.
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