Scarab
54-28-13
Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery
From: Cyprus | Kourion | Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 54-28-13 |
| Current Location | Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display |
| Provenience | Cyprus | Kourion | Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates |
| Site Name | Kourion |
| Date Made | 945 BCE–300 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Agate |
| Description | Pierced horizontally lengthwise for suspension. Stemp in shallow intaglio: deer with a lion attacking it on either side. In the field above, six blossoms on long stalks (lotus? papyrus?). |
| Length | 1.7 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Thickness | 0.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Cyprus Expedition, George H. McFadden, 1954 |
| Other Number | ST865 - Other Number |
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