Gem
Scarab
29-128-518
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-518 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Phoenician |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Date Made | 599-500 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Agate |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Sun | Moon | Inscription |
| Description | Sommerville: Agate. A Scarabeus, with the sun and moon and an illegible inscription. Persian and Sassanian Intaglios and Talismans, Case EE. Vermeule: Agate scarab. Perforated. Intaglio. The sun and the moon above illegible inscription. Classified by Sommerville among Persian Gems. Phoenician, ca. VIth century B.C. |
| Height | 1.4 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 518 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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