between 1350 B.C. and 1200 B.C.
hematite
20 x 10 mm
Morgan Seal 998
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"In 998, strong Egyptian influence is manifest in the Horus-like fiugre at the left and in the figure at the right wearing the Egyptian triple crown. Moreover, the general style of its engraving, and the guilloche in its secondary motif, correspond with the features of Newell 319; this suggests that 998, like 996, may have come from the same workshop as Newell 319."--Porada, CANES, p. 136
Summary:
Winged figure, resembling Egyptian god Horus, facing worshiper and figure wearing Egyptian atef crown with uraeus ornament showing at bottom of skirt -- Before Horus-like figure, falcon perched on Egyptian life sign -- Terminal: sitting lion, guilloche, sitting antelope before recumbent sphinx, one above other.
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