Lot Essay
This seal is centered by a priest standing on either side of a pillar surmounted by a human head, with a winged solar disc above. Both priests wear a robe with thick edges and a tall, domed cap. To the right stands a female figure in a flounced robe holding up a child. The terminal is in two registers divided by a guilloche, the upper with two facing sphinxes, the lower with two facing lions.
For a priest wearing a similar robe, see fig. 10 in H.H. von der Osten, "The Museum Collection of Oriental Seal-Stones," The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, vol 20, no. 3.
For a priest wearing a similar robe, see fig. 10 in H.H. von der Osten, "The Museum Collection of Oriental Seal-Stones," The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, vol 20, no. 3.
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