between 1350 B.C. and 1150 B.C.
hematite
23.5 x 11.5 mm
Morgan Seal 972
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"The principal theme of 972--two figures filling their beakers from a vase between them--is usually employed as a secondary motif on Syrian seals (968). This is also true of the row of marching men (973, 989), which is rather prominent here. Though somewhat cursorily executed, 972 should perhaps be dated in about the middle of the period, since the figures are depicted with the elaborate garments considered distinctive of that time."--Porada, CANES, p. 131
Summary:
Above: worshiper behind two facing figures seated on platform and filling cups from flowing vase between them -- Four marching men -- Below: two recumbent sphinxes, one at either side of star -- Man on one knee grasping bull by horn.
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