between 1500 B.C. and 1350 B.C.
hematite
25 x 11 mm
Morgan Seal 1021
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"Seals 1020 and 1021 still recall Old Babylonian designs in the general arrangement of their principal figures and in the ascending posture of the gods with emblems. However, the Mitannian elements in these seals are more pronounced; they are manifested by the small designs in the field, and in 1021 by the secondary motif and by the standard held by the god."--Porada, CANES, p. 141
Summary:
Worshiper facing god in ascending posture who holds sun-disk standard topped by pair of small wings -- Secondary motif: male figure facing drilling, indefinable object, and griffin, all above guilloche -- Below latter, lion attacking kneeling antelope, ball staff before latter.
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