Figure with oval headgear holding spear and facing goddess with square mitre who carries vase

between 1500 B.C. and 1400 B.C.
hematite
23 x 11 mm
Morgan Seal 973
Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes: 

"In 973, the figure with oval headgear resembles a figure in an impression on a tablet found at Atshanah (ancient Alalakh); the seal with which this impression was made was used b a king contemporary with Saushatar. However, the seal was apparently made somewhat earlier than the time of this reign, for it is inscribed with the name of a previous king. On the basis of this resemblance, the date of 973 probably still falls within the fifteenth century; such a dating is in any case suggested by the elaborate garments of the figures. The fact that the figure with oval headgear seen in 973 is found also on a royal seal may indicate that it represents a king."--Porada, CANES, p. 131

Summary: 

Figure with oval headgear holding spear and facing goddess with square miter who carries vase -- Female worshiper -- Secondary motif: three marching men, guilloche above and below.

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