between 1200 B.C. and 1100 B.C.
greenish-black serpentine
22 x 10 mm
Morgan Seal 1002
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Scarabs made during the Hyksos period in Palestine are marked by strong outlines filled with hatching or crosshatching. This style appears also in a few of the cylinders found in Palestinian excavations. Since 1002 is engraved in this manner, it is classified as Palestinian of the Hyksos period."--Porada, CANES, p. 137
Summary:
Figure with exaggerated phallus(?), holding papyrus staff -- Debased Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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