between 1350 B.C. and 1200 B.C.
banded agate
18 x 8 mm
Morgan Seal 1041
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"The lion-headed demon in 1041, and the crude version of this figure in 1042, may stand for another deity concerned with hunting or a manifestation of such a god."--Porada, CANES, p. 145
Summary:
Winged lion-headed demon grasping horn of antelope at left and rope tying crouching lion at right -- In field: above, kneeling antelope, bird, griffin, antelope head -- Below, kneeling antelope.
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