between 1600 B.C. and 1350 B.C.
hematite
21 x 12 mm
Morgan Seal 992
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
No earlier Syrian parallels can be adduced for 991 and 992. Their theme, composed of winged figures with a tree between them, seems to have penetrated late into Syrian glyptic, perhaps under the influence of Mitannian art, in which a tree with flanking fiugres is so frequently featured."--Porada, CANES, p. 134
Summary:
Worshiper behind two striding winged genii, one at either side of tree; below hand of each genius, fish -- In field, vase above triple-ringed cup -- Terminal: recumbent hare above three walking figures.
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