between 1550 B.C. and 1075 B.C.
hematite
22.5 x 11 mm
Morgan Seal 1072
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
Cylinder gold-capped at end.
Summary:
Goat-headed demon in long robe, with one hand touching tree at left, with other grasping bull at right -- Latter also held by deity standing with spread legs and with other hand seizing goat -- Holding weapon(?) above goat, deity in long robe whose other hand touches tree that initiates scene -- In sky, disk inclosing globe in crescent.
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