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Scarab

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Date: late 6th–5th century B.C.
Medium: Frit ("Egyptian Blue")
Culture: Phoenician
Department: Jewelry
Institution: Getty Museum

Two goats, their heads reversed, rearing before a "sacred tree," composed of a cup spiral containing a palmette surmounting two levels of volute-columns; a winged disc is above; linear border. The device is cast slightly off-center. The scarab on the reverse is worn.

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