Gem

Scarab

29-128-546

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-546
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Phoenician
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Eastern Mediterranean (uncertain)
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate
Iconography Cadmus Serpent | Goat | Bird | Shell
Description

Sommerville: Agate. An Amulet. On the reverse is the serpent of Cadmus, coiled in repose. Phoenician Amulets, Seals, Scarabei, Etc, Case GG.

Vermeule: Agate. Intaglio. (Unmounted). Perforated; scaraboid shape, goat and kid; shell-like ornament carved on buck. Eastern Mediterranean? possibly not genuine.

Height 1.8 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 546 - Sommerville Gem Number

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