between 1350 B.C. and 1200 B.C.
hematite
21 x 13 mm
Morgan Seal 1043
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"The motif occurring in both 1043 and 1044--that of a human figure placed horizontally in a field otherwise filled with animals--is occasionally found in Nuzi designs (Nuzi 587, 929). It is not possible to decide whether these human figures were merely fitted into the available space or bear some relation to the animals, perhaps as victims of attack."--Porada, CANES, p. 145
Summary:
Two facing lions raising their heads toward winged sun disk while standing over hand and prostrate human figure -- In sky, disk partly covered by crescent placed vertically -- Terminal: two fishes and scorpion, one above other.
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