Scarab

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Scarab

Creator

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Date
5th century B.C.
Medium
Green jasper
Culture
Phoenician
Department
Jewelry
Institution
Getty Museum

Figure wearing a short skin and peaked headdress holding a rearing goat; crescent above; hatched exergue and linear border. The engraving is shallow and crudely modeled, without the apparent use of the drill. On the reverse, the elytra of the scarab are separated by a shallow groove.

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