Robed king facing suppliant goddess and nude hero, with crooked snake-staff, Egyptian ankh, and crescent disk between figures, and three registers, each with sphinx, griffin, or lion facing bull or caprid [seal impression]. [modern impression of seal created between 1850 and 1600 B.C.]

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Robed king facing suppliant goddess and nude hero, with crooked snake-staff, Egyptian ankh, and crescent disk between figures, and three registers, each with sphinx, griffin, or lion facing bull or caprid [seal impression]. [modern impression of seal created between 1850 and 1600 B.C.]

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1 seal impression (positive) : baked polyform (plasticene) ; 73 x 28 mm.; image height : 23 mm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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