between 1600 B.C. and 1350 B.C.
hematite
15 x 8 mm
Morgan Seal 984
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"The stag-demon of 984 is unparalleled in Syrian art and points to Hittite influence, for with the Hittites the stag assumes the role elsewhere filled by other animals as emblematic of deity. Such influence would account also for what may be a Hittite hieroglyph in the field. However, the style of engraving is so typically Syrian that it determines the classification of the seal."--Porada, CANES, p. 133
Summary:
Hare above sphinx and Hittite hieroglyph(?) -- Stag-demon standing before winged, armless griffin-demon on one knee.
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