Gem
Scarab
29-128-525
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-525 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Phoenician |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Iron Age |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Red Jasper |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Fish | Bird | Soldier | Snake |
| Description | Sommerville: Red Jasper. An Amulet, with hieroglyphics. Persian and Sassanian Intaglios and Talismans, Case EE. Vermeule: Red Jasper, scarab shape. Intaglio. Four similiar hieroglyphic-like characters, fishes, birds, or four soldiers, a snake below. Syro-Phoenician of Iron Age. |
| Height | 1.4 cm |
| Width | 1.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 525 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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