between 1350 B.C. and 1200 B.C.
hematite
19 x 9 mm
Morgan Seal 1059
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
"It is difficult to determine whether the treatment in 1050 and 1051 indicates that the figure between animals is always to be regarded as female, even in those scenes which are so cursorily rendered that it is hard to decide whether the form is that of a demon or of a bird (1052-1058). ". Porada, CANES, p. 146
Summary:
Crouching griffin attacking kneeling antelope that is manaced by lion at right -- Two scorpions and frog above -- Fish, hand, and scorpion below.
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