between 1200 B.C. and 1100 B.C.
steatite
26 x 12 mm
Morgan Seal 1004
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Seal 1004 is classified as Palestinian only because in its crude, bulbous engraving it resembles a cylinder found in Palestine, while no other parallels are known."--Porada, CANES, p. 137
Summary:
Walking goat and griffin followed by figure carrying spear -- Above goat, bird.
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