between 1600 B.C. and 1350 B.C.
hematite
29 x 12 mm
Morgan Seal 987
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Seal 987 shows two figures seated at a table loaded with offerings as in the subsidiary scene of 946, except that here they hold crooks or lotus blossoms instead of beakers, and wear plain garments with fringe instead of flounced robes. It is not known whether these changes imply an altered significance in the figures."--Porada, CANES, p. 134
Summary:
Two sitting figures, each holding crook or lotus blossom, table with offerings between them -- In field above, two sitting griffins, facing, with vase between them -- Secondary motif: guilloche above two facing figures with crescent and wedgelike incision between them, hand above ball staff topped by flame(?) at their left, second hand at their right.
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