between 1300 B.C. and 1100 B.C.
hematite
21 x 12 mm
Morgan Seal 983
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"The bull-demons in the massively modeled seals 982 and 983 can be compared to those on a seal found at Ras Shamra and dated by Dussaud in the thirteenth or twelfth century B.C."--Porada, CANES, p. 133
Summary:
Bull-demon and figure with Egyptian life sign approaching two ibexes standing one at either side of kneeling bird-headed figure with headgear composed of horns enclosing disk -- In field: hare's head; ibex head above vase and plant; globe beside sun disk in crescent; fish above second plant on ground; star above triple-ringed cup; hand and second triple-ringed cup above third plant on ground.
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