between 1350 B.C. and 1200 B.C.
hematite
22 x 9 mm
Morgan Seal 1026
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"The Syrian relations of 1026 are less obvious. They are chiefly manifested in the horizontally ridged kilt of the figure standing before the seated deity, which corresponds to that of the weather god in 964, and in the garment of the standing god, which consists of a horizontally ridged kilt with a long fringe, as worn by the figure at the left in 966."--Porada, CANES, p. 142
Summary:
Enthroned god, holding staff composed of globes topped by disk in crescent, facing figure that touches god's staff -- God with scimitar in striding posture, facing worshiper, between them small figure on one knee in upper field and four-pointed star in lower field -- Star between scenes.
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