Gem
Scarab
29-128-546
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| 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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