scarab

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Object Type
Museum number: 1894,0316.1
Description: Black steatite scaraboid engraved with seated sphinx, facing left, with raised left paw; the tail curls towards the back; the scene is framed by an engraved line; perforated for suspension.
Cultures/periods: Phoenician; East Greek; Cypro-Archaic
Production date: 600 BC-500 BC
Production place: Made in: Phoenicia (?); Made in: Cyprus (?); Made in: East Greece
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Cyprus
Materials
Technique: engraved; perforated
Dimensions: Length: 1.60 centimetres; Width: 1.30 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Gem / Catalogue of Engraved Gems & Cameos, Greek, Etruscan & Roman in the British Museum (448); Richter 1968 / Engraved gems of the Greeks and the Etruscans. A history of Greek art in miniature. (No. 168, p. 66); Reyes 2001 / The stamp-seals of ancient Cyprus (No. 283, p. 121 and fig. 290.)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1894
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1894,0316.1

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