between 1600 B.C. and 1350 B.C.
limonite
21 x 10.5 mm
Morgan Seal 993
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Seal 993 and 994, however, present some similar Syrian figures, but in a cursory manner. In 993 the god with bow and mace, attired like the weather god of 964 except for the fringe of his kilt, may likewise be a weather god. The appearance of an Egyptian goddess at the left, and of the Babylonian suppliant goddess at the right, well illustrated the mixture of influences in Syrian art."--Porada, CANES, p. 134-195
Summary:
Goddess with crown composed of horns and sun disk, holding indefinable object in each hand, following worshiper holding spear, both facing god with spiked helmet who holds bow and mace -- Suppliant goddess -- In field: star; Egyptian life sign.
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